progression

 
Pronunciation: /prəˈgrɛʃ(ə)n/

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] the process of developing gradually towards a more advanced state: good opportunities for career progression [count noun]: a steady progression towards your goals
  • movement towards a destination: their mode of progression through the forest
  • [count noun] Music a passage or movement from one note or chord to another: a blues progression
  • [count noun] Astrology a predictive technique in which the daily movement of the planets, starting from the day of birth, represents a year in the subject’s life.
  • 2a number of things in a series: the vista unfolds in a progression of castles and vineyards as seemingly endless as the Rhine itself

Derivatives

progressional

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin progressio(n-), from the verb progredi (see progress)