progression English · revision 15261

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1374|origins=ine-pro *gʰredʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃn̩/ ''(UK)''; /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|progressioun]], [[bor|fro|progression]] and directly [[la|prōgressiō|t=a going forward, advancement]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from the past participle stem of [[m|la|prōgredior|t=to go forward]] (see [[progress]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|prō|t=forward]] and [[m|la|gradior|t=to step, walk]], from [[m|la|gradus|t=a step]], from [[ine-pro|*gʰredʰ-|t=to walk, go]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Moving from one condition to another: the late 14th century in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) the OED's earliest quotation, about 1374, is for proceeding forth or issuing.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In mathematics a succession of quantities in a constant relation is from about 1430,^(OED 1989) and travel or a journey from about 1440.^(OED 1989) Continuous action seen as onward movement is from 1474,^(OED 1989) and going forward to higher stages from 1586.^(OED 1989) The musical sense, an advance from one note, and later one chord, to another, is by about 1600.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1374 – proceeding forth.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1430 – a mathematical progression.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1588 – forward movement.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1600 – a musical progression.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The process of moving forward or developing; [[progress]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Movement from one member of a [[sequence]] to the next.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' A series of numbers in which each term stands in the same relation to the next, as an [[arithmetic progression]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(music)'' A succession of notes or [[chord|alt=chords]].^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[progressional]]

+ * [[progressionally]]

+ * [[progressionist]]

+ * [[harmonic progression]]

+ * [[geometric progression]]

+ * [[arithmetic progression]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[progress]]

+ * [[progressive]]

+ * [[regression]]

+ * [[digression]]

+ * [[grade]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}