progression

Other forms of progression

plural

progressions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about progression

What does progression mean?

progression means "a series with a definite pattern of advance". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in progression?

progression has 3 syllables: pro-gres-sion. The stress falls on "gres". In IPA it is /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/.

What is another word for progression?

Close synonyms include patterned advance, progress, advance, progress, procession. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is progression a common word?

progression is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with progression?

5 words rhyme with progression. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.