Tending to become more severe or wider in scope, Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities, Favouring or promoting progress; advanced, noun_ A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government, a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties, a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going