gradual progression

collocation in English

meaningsofgradualandprogression

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gradual
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/us
/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/
happening or changing slowly over a long period of time ...
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progression
noun[C or U]
uk
/prəˈɡreʃ.ən/us
/prəˈɡreʃ.ən/
the act of changing to the next stage ...
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(Definition ofgradualandprogressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The goal of such an analysis is to establish agradualprogressionwhich provides an integrated connection between centres and peripheries.
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While children's knowledge of the meaning of placement expressions is overwhelmingly accurate, the development of patterns of use is not one ofgradualprogressiontowards adultlike norms.
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In the matter of atomic electricity we cannot afford to wait for thegradualprogressionof the human generation.
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The road is seamless and there is agradualprogression.
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There has been agradualprogressionfrom, firstly, the sorts of medicinal products that are susceptible to falsification to later include other medicines in secure packaging.
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It seeks to establish agradualprogressionfrom the less powerful machine to the more powerful, so that in practice the progression might work out something as follows.
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In his studies, he noticed there was agradualprogressionfrom intuitive to scientific and socially acceptable responses.
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The typical feature of fungal keratitis is slow onset andgradualprogression, where signs are much more than the symptoms.
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In many cases, there isgradualprogressionuntil vision is lost in the affected eye.
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This is agradualprogressionto hopelessness.
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