pro·gres·sion / prəˈgreshən/ • n. a movement or development toward a destination or a more advanced state, esp. gradually or in stages: the normal progression from junior to senior status| their mode of progression through the forest. ∎  a succession; a series: counting the twenty-four hours in a single progression from midnight. ∎  Mus. a passage or movement from one note or chord to another: a blues progression. ∎  Math. short for arithmetic progression, geometric progression, or harmonic progression. ∎  Astrol. a predictive technique in which the daily movement of the planets, starting from the day of birth, represents a year in the subject's life.DERIVATIVES: pro·gres·sion·al / -shənl/ adj.

progression. The motion of one note to another note or one chord to another chord, in logical progression.