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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
progression
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
arithmetic progression
career development/advancement/progression
▪ A good job offers a programme of training and career development.
geometric progression
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
clear
▪ The candidate's professional career must show a clear progression and unquestionable achievements.
▪ New awards in engineering practice are being developed to provide clear progression routes from the relevant national awards in engineering practice.
▪ It should be possible to show a clear professional progression route. 9.
▪ This provides people with a national recognition for their competencies and ability at work and clearer paths for progression and development.
▪ There will be clear routes of progression to enable movement between awards in both categories.
▪ A clear progression can be seen in the presentation and language levels of the three books.
clinical
▪ Findings 33 women reached clinical progression.
▪ Since the time to clinical progression was known, we used Kaplan-Meier analysis to estimate cumulative incidence.
▪ No clinical progression was seen in women negative for high-risk human papillomavirus.
harmonic
▪ By setting them to different scales harmonic progressions which would be unplayable on a single harp are made possible.
▪ When the two techniques are combined with harmonic progressions, the results can be fascinating.
▪ The use of a repeated harmonic progression is typical of rock.
linear
▪ The linear and temporal progression of the narrative is disrupted by the non-stratified discourse of the text.
▪ Unfortunately, even the most forward-looking women assume a linear progression toward equality.
▪ Such a history can not be represented by the movement of a linear progression of unfolding time.
logical
▪ So it is kinder to your audience if your shots follow a logical progression.
▪ There is, however a logical progression from present finance functions through to further developments.
▪ Does the shot form part of a logical progression within the group?
▪ Extending our name to accessories is a natural and logical progression.
▪ Use a logical progression or a system radiating out from a central base.
▪ The logical progression was for Wiwa to continue his father's struggle.
▪ This would be the next logical progression in the organisation of caring services in Britain.
▪ With hindsight, the emergence of any new branch of science seems inevitable, and its development a logical progression.
natural
▪ There's no natural career progression to group finance director.
▪ Here was a natural progression of young trees, old trees, and decaying fallen trees.
▪ Tom's move to Chief Executive of Petersen is a natural progression.
▪ Extending our name to accessories is a natural and logical progression.
▪ They laughed, talked, and drank champagne: and the natural progression was to his bedroom.
▪ Using different colours can change the scale and shape of things and tartan is a natural progression from this.
▪ To an outsider this seemed a quite natural progression, but within the West Indies it was not greeted with unmitigated delight.
▪ By a natural progression Peter thought of the Letts School-Boy Diary for 1964.
steady
▪ He believes, rather, that such abilities are acquired through a steady upward progression within a company.
▪ Man's ideas do not chart a steady progression towards some ultimate philosophical or scientific truth.
■ NOUN
career
▪ There's no natural career progression to group finance director.
▪ His move to Baronsmead followed a fairly typical career progression.
▪ In return for your skills, we offer salaries as stated, a comprehensive benefits package and the opportunity for career progression.
▪ Entry is currently open to male applicants only. Career progression Promotion prospects for Royal Marines chefs are excellent.
▪ Managing director of Aberdeen Airport at 33, she had not met any barrier to career progression.
▪ They are drop-outs from the mainstream of career progression.
▪ We shall explore the question of career progression more fully in Chapter 8.
▪ Jobs which are unattractive because of low pay, inadequate training, poor conditions and career progression paths will be hard to fill.
chord
▪ An A major-F major chord progression is heard as the remorseful Achilles reflects on his men who died through his fault.
▪ The score trades in the familiar chord progressions, sticky rhythmic motives and unremitting polyphony.
■ VERB
see
▪ I saw that same progression in every organization I led.
show
▪ The candidate's professional career must show a clear progression and unquestionable achievements.
▪ Repeated gastric biopsies did not show progression to a higher grade lymphoma in any of the patients.
▪ It should be possible to show a clear professional progression route. 9.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The progression from school to university is difficult for many students.
▪ The exhibit is arranged to show the progression of Picasso's work.
▪ the river's progression toward the Gulf of Mexico
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A binary progression is thus derived.
▪ He believes, rather, that such abilities are acquired through a steady upward progression within a company.
▪ Indeed, there is now little or none of the traditional progression or interweaving of rock climbing and other mountain activities.
▪ Instead, there is a seamless progression from play lipstick to pierced ears to eye shadow by age 10.
▪ The progression to cirrhosis in our patient occurred despite the lack of significant inflammation.
▪ The mental progression from creativity to the perception of beauty is the essence of the peak experience.
▪ The score trades in the familiar chord progressions, sticky rhythmic motives and unremitting polyphony.
▪ They came as a progression, in discrete species pulses, one after the other.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Progression

Progression \Pro*gres"sion\, n. [L. progressio: cf. F. progression.]

  1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.

  2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time.

    I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly immerged in the delices and joys of religion.
    --Evelyn.

  3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic.

  4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.

    Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the difference 2.

    Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers by a continual multiplication or division by 2.

    Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
progression

late 14c., "action of moving from one condition to another," from Old French progression and directly from Latin progressionem (nominative progressio) "a going forward, advancement, growth, increase," noun of action from past participle stem of progredi "go forward," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + gradi "to step, walk," from gradus "step" (see grade (n.)).

Wiktionary
progression

n. 1 The act of moving from one thing to another. 2 The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward. 3 (context mathematics English) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant. 4 Development, increase, evolution.

WordNet
progression
  1. n. a series with a definite pattern of advance [syn: patterned advance]

  2. a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" [syn: progress, advance]

  3. the act of moving forward toward a goal [syn: progress, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion]

Wikipedia
Progression

Progression may refer to:

In mathematics:

  • Arithmetic progression, sequence of numbers such that the difference of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant
  • Geometric progression, sequence of numbers such that the quotient of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant
  • Harmonic progression (mathematics), sequence of numbers such that their reciprocals form an arithmetic progression

In music:

  • Chord progression, series of chords played in order
    • Backdoor progression, the cadential chord progression from iv7 to I, or flat-VII7 to I in jazz music theory
    • Omnibus progression, sequence of chords which effectively divides the octave into 4 equal parts
    • Ragtime progression, chord progression typical of ragtime music and parlour music genres
  • Progression, music software for guitarists

In other fields:

  • Age progression, the process of modifying a photograph of a person to represent the effect of aging on their appearance
  • Cisternal progression, theory of protein transport through the Golgi apparatus inside a cell
  • Color progression, ranges of color whose values transition smoothly through a hue, saturation, luminance, or any combination of the three
  • Horizontal progression, the gradual movement from left to right during writing a line of text in Western handwriting
  • A progressive tax is a tax by which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases
  • Semantic progression, evolution of word usage
  • Educational progression, an individual's movement through stages of education and/or training
  • Progress tracking in video games
  • Astrological progression, used in Horoscopic astrology to forecast future trends and developments.
Progression (software)

PROGRESSION is a music creation and performance computer program created by NOTION Music. Created for use on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS laptops or desktops, PROGRESSION focuses on composition for guitar, but can also be used to compose for keyboards (piano, electric piano, and clavinet), bass (electric and upright), and drums (standard drum set). NOTION Music also offers other programs called NOTION (a composition program oriented to the orchestral setting), PROTEGE (similar to NOTION but with limited functionality), and NOTION Conducting (for Conducting classes).

Progression (album)

Progression is Markus Schulz's second Artist Album and was released in 2007. This progressive trance album was released under exclusive license in the United States and Canada to Ultra Records Inc. The album features the vocals of Kate Cameron, Anita Kelsey, Carrie Skipper and Dauby Talles. It also includes collaborations with Chakra and Andy Moor.

Usage examples of "progression".

But keep in mind the following: this sequencing operation is performed primarily on the basis of morphology, in order to preserve an evolutionary progression.

And, further, once we reject the theory that these images reach us by way of some outstreaming from the objects seen, there is no reason to think of the air being affected and passing on to us, in a progression of impression, what has been impressed upon itself.

In them I read unthinkable calculations, formulas of interwoven universes, arithmetical progressions of armies of stars, pandects of the motions of the suns.

I have consciously tried to avoid retreading old ground, and have presented the stories in the order in which they were written, so that you may follow a logical progression of thought, even if some of these processes appear oblique.

That species of things and progressions Shallen endure by successions, And not etern, withouten any lie: This mayst thou understand and see at eye.

I am tempted to-day to go farther, and to maintain that, the larger, the sublimer, your subject is, the more impertinent rhyme becomes to it: and that this impertinence increases in a sort of geometrical progression as you advance from monosyllabic to dissyllabic and on to trisyllabic rhyme.

Painful progressions through narrow tunnels, terrifying drops through space, sudden assaults upon eye and ear by unanalysable lights and sounds, the dread presage of unknown modes of being: all these things, in a confusion somewhat suggestive of the best modern music, formed as it were the overture to his nocturnal drama.

During the same reign a controversy developed between Chinese Buddhist adherents of the rapid path of Buddhahood and Indian defenders of the classical Mahayana or bodhisattva progression by stages.

In short, though distracted first by the two capitals, and afterwards by the formal partition of the empire, the extraordinary felicity of arrangement maintains an order and a regular progression.

Given the stress of the dementia work-up, every organ system crumpled: in a domino progression the injection of radioactive dye for her brain scan shut down her kidneys, and the dye study of her kidneys overloaded her heart, and the medication for her heart made her vomit, which altered her electrolyte balance in a life-threatening way, which increased her dementia and shut down her bowel, which made her eligible for the bowel run, the cleanout for which dehydrated her and really shut down her tormented kidneys, which led to infection, the need for dialysis, and big-time complications of these big-time diseases.

The training, like the training for patrol dogs, was one of repetition and progression.

Every fact is an incident, unforeseeable and incalculable, but the inner progression of a life is destined, and works itself out through the facts, is helped or hindered by them, overcomes them, or succumbs to them.

And there is nothing undesigned, nothing of chance, in all the process: all is one scheme of differentiation, starting from the Firsts and working itself out in a continuous progression of Kinds.

He walked on all fours, the mode of progression resembling that of a camel.

The Marchantiales form an obviously natural evolutionary group, and the same is probably true of the Jungermanniales, although in neither case can the partial lines of progression within the main groups be said to be quite clear.