different between progressive vs connected

English

Alternative forms

• prog. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin pr?gress?vus, from pr?gredior (perfect participial stem: pr?gress-) +? -?vus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??????s?v/
• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

progressive (comparative more progressive, superlative most progressive)

1. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
2. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
3. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.

   a progressive politician

   progressive business leadership

4. (politics) Liberal.
5. (education) Of or relating to progressive education.

   a progressive school

6. (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
7. Advancing in severity.

   progressive paralysis

8. (grammar) Continuous.

Antonyms

• regressive
• (advancing in severity): non-progressive
• conservative
• reactionary

Derived terms

Related terms

• progress

Translations

Noun

progressive (plural progressives)

1. A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
2. (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used the progressive tense and generally conjugated as to end in -ing.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• "progressive" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 243.

French

Adjective

progressive

1. feminine singular of progressif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

progressive

1. inflection of progressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Adjective

progressive (comparative plus progressive, superlative le plus progressive)

1. progressive, gradually increasing, progressing

Italian

Adjective

progressive

1. feminine plural of progressivo

Latin

Adjective

pr?gress?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?gress?vus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??n?kt?d/
• Hyphenation: con?nect?ed

Adjective

connected (comparative more connected, superlative most connected)

1. (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
2. Having relationships; involved with others.
3. (Canada, US) involved with organized crime, specifically someone not (yet) working for a crime organization, but referred to as a "friend" by made guys/wise guys inside the organization.
4. Intimate; Having bonds of affection.
5. (mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
6. (mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.

7. Having or supporting connections, especially when through technology such as networking software or a transportation network.

Antonyms

• disconnected

Hyponyms

Translations

References

• connected on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

connected

1. simple past tense and past participle of connect

References

• connected at OneLook Dictionary Search