PROGRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does progression mean? 

• PROGRESSION (noun)
  The noun PROGRESSION has 3 senses:

1. a series with a definite pattern of advance

2. a movement forward

3. the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

  Familiarity information: PROGRESSION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROGRESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A series with a definite pattern of advance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

patterned advance; progression

Hypernyms ("progression" is a kind of...):

series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progression"):

arithmetic progression ((mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next term)

geometric progression ((mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term)

harmonic progression ((mathematics) a progression of terms whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A movement forward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

advance; progress; progression

Context example:

he listened for the progress of the troops

Hypernyms ("progression" is a kind of...):

change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progression"):

head; headway (forward movement)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

advance; advancement; forward motion; onward motion; procession; progress; progression

Hypernyms ("progression" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progression"):

push (an effort to advance)

career; life history (the general progression of your working or professional life)

march (a steady advance)

clear sailing; easy going; plain sailing (easy unobstructed progress)

leapfrog (advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors)

Derivation:

progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

 Context examples 

LIV-1, a member of the zinc transporter family, is expressed in several types of solid tumors and plays a key role in tumor cell progression and metastasis.

(Anti-LIV-1 Monoclonal Antibody-MMAE Conjugate SGN-LIV1A, NCI Thesaurus)

A laboratory experiment using animals to study the development and progression of diseases.

(Animal study, NCI Dictionary)

TGF-beta RII is mutated in a number of cancer cell types and is involved in cancer cell proliferation and tumor progression.

(Anti-TGF-beta RII Monoclonal Antibody IMC-TR1, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes adenomatosis polyposis coli protein, is involved in the progression of Wnt protein mediated signaling.

(APC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This receptor blockade may result in inhibition of endothelial cell-cell interactions, endothelial cell-matrix interactions, angiogenesis, and tumor progression.

(ATN-161, NCI Thesaurus)

Animal models are used to study the development and progression of diseases and to test new treatments before they are given to humans.

(Animal model, NCI Dictionary)

In this manner, this agent may have the potential to slow the progression of growth of solid tumors.

(Angiogenesis/Heparanase Inhibitor PG545, NCI Thesaurus)

Her findings suggested that reducing PNCs might translate to less cancer progression and possibly better outcomes in patients.

(Scientists develop potential new approach to stop cancer metastasis, National Institutes of Health)

It’s also key in cancer progression, as metastatic cells spread throughout the body.

(New Mechanism of Cell Movement Revealed, NIH)

This protein binds to the SH3 domain of the signal-transducing adaptor molecule, and plays a critical role in cytokine-mediated signaling for MYC induction and cell cycle progression.

(AMSH Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)