present progressive
— Noun
– English
～ a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
past progressive
— Noun
– English
～ a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; "`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive"
progressive
— Adjective
– English
～ gradually advancing in extent
progressive
— Adjective
– English
～ (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
progressive
— Adjective
– English
～ favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
progressive
— Adjective
– English
～ (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position; "progressive euchre"; "progressive tournaments"
progressive
— Adjective
– English
～ advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis"
progressive
— Adjective
– English
～ favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"
progressively
— Adverb
– English
～ advancing in amount or intensity; "she became increasingly depressed"
progressiveness
— Noun
– English
～ advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
progressivism
— Noun
– English
～ the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society
progressivity
— Noun
– English
～ advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
progymnosperm
— Noun
– English
～ an ancestral fossil type from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have derived
prohibit
— Verb
– English
～ command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
prohibited
— Adjective
– English
～ forbidden by law
prohibited
— Adjective
– English
～ excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
prohibition
— Noun
– English
～ the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
prohibition era
— Noun
– English
～ the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
prohibition
— Noun
– English
～ a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
prohibition
— Noun
– English
～ the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment