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Narrator: Today's word is "Progression" — noun, pronounced /prəˈɡreʃn/, with the stress on "gres".
Narrator: A progression is a gradual change or movement from one stage to the next.
Narrator: In plain English, it's steps in order.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin progressio, going forward.
Narrator: A common collocation is "career progression", which describes moving up at work.
Narrator: It differs from "progress", because progression stresses a sequence of stages.
Narrator: In music, a chord progression is a series of chords.
Narrator: Maths, music, HR and medicine all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: progression is ordered forward movement.
Speaker A: What is career progression?
Speaker B: Moving up step by step! PROGRESSION comes from the Latin progressio.
Speaker A: So promotions over time?
Speaker B: Exactly.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The job offers clear progression", career. "Two, four, six is an arithmetic progression", maths. "A simple chord progression", music.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Progression is countable, unlike progress: a progression, progressions.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Sequence is its cousin, development is its twin, and advancement is the career alternative, but progression keeps its step-by-step charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "progression" in AI prompts — useful for game design and music tools.
Speaker A: How would game design use it?
Speaker B: Balance levels.
Prompt: Design a level progression where experience needed rises by fifteen percent each level.
Speaker A: And music tools?
Speaker B: Generate chords.
Prompt: Suggest a four-chord progression in G major for a cheerful pop song.
Speaker A: Could it help HR?
Speaker B: Yes, frameworks.
Prompt: Create a career progression framework for software engineers from junior to principal.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Maths.
Prompt: Find the tenth term of this arithmetic progression and explain the method.
Progression — meaning in Arabic & definition More P courses GL Dictionary