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Added 9 October 2026

progression

/pɹəˈɡɹɛʃn̩/ noun

Latin root: prōgressiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about progression at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act of moving from one thing to another.
Make a natural progression from player to coach
The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.

Origin

From Middle English progressioun, from Old French progression and its etymon Latin prōgressiō. By surface analysis, progress + -ion.

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