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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English progression).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈproɡresːio/, [ˈpro̞ɡre̞s̠ˌs̠io̞]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification(key): prog‧res‧si‧o
  • Hyphenation(key): prog‧res‧sio

Noun

progressio

  1. progress
  2. progression

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Synonyms

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Latin

Etymology

From prōgredior + -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

prōgressiō f (genitive prōgressiōnis); third declension

  1. progression
    Synonyms: prōcessus, prōgressus, prōcessiō
    Antonyms: dēcessiō, cessiō, recessiō, sēcessiō
  2. (mathematics) arithmetic progression
    • c. 1230, Johannes de Sacrobosco, “De Arte Numerandi”, in Rara Mathematica, page 18:
      Progressio est numerorum secundum aequales excessus ab unitate vel binario sumptorum aggregatio ut universorum summa compendiose habeatur.
      An arithmetic progression is a grouping of numbers placed according to equal excess from one or two, such that the summary of them all is concisely contained.
  3. advancement, progress, growth, increase

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • progressio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • progressio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • progressio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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