gradual
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- 9
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Definition of gradual
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees
“a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline”
“Creatures animate with gradual life / Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man.”
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adj
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Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees
“a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline”
“Creatures animate with gradual life / Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man.”
noun
- An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
- A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin graduālis, from Latin gradus (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”).
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