1. Moving forward, onward, or gradually advancing: "Their new marketing techniques have resulted in a progressive increase in sales."
2. Favoring and promoting progress: "We are hoping that our son will do better in this progressive school."
3. Something that is happening, increasing, or growing: "They have made some progressive decisions which should bring them closer to success."
4. In grammar, of or relating to the progressive tenses of verbs: "Examples of present-tense progressive verbs: I am going; You (s) are going; He, She, It is going; We are going; You (pl) are going; and They are going.

Past-tense progressive verbs: I was going, You (s) were going; They were going; We were going; You (pl) were going; and They were going.

These examples and all of the other progressive-verb tenses end with -ing; including: I will be going; I have been going; I had been going; and I will have been going.

1. A reference to slowing or stopping a forward development of some objective: "Protecting the environment should not be considered as an anti-progressive movement, but a necessity for human survival now and into the future."
2. A reference to a politically conservative position that is against what is perceived to be a liberal, socialist, or leftist philosophy in politics that includes more government control over social and economic processes as opposed to private enterprises: "One can hear the conflicts that exist between anti-conservatives ["left-wingers"] versus anti-progressives ["right-wingers"] by listening to certain radio-talk show hosts and politicians as they lambast (severely criticize) each other's political and economic positions."

A chronic skin disorder resulting from hemorrhages into the skin, chiefly on the legs of young men, and characterized by purple patches that spread and turn brown.

A rare but often fatal complication of smallpox vaccination in those with deficient immune mechanisms or receiving immunosuppressive therapy, characterized by tissue necrosis that spreads from the inoculation site, which may result in metastatic vaccinial lesions in the skin, bones, and viscera.