progression

[1]	movement forward/forward movement , patterned advance , advance , advancement , (making/gaining) headway , progress , ascension , rise , elevation
[2]	progress , progress , advance , development , advance , advancement , spread , spreading , extension , extending , broadening , enlargement , headway , intensification , rise
[3]	order , progress , procession , sequence , succession , advance , advancement , train , chain , forward motion , onward motion , concatenation , course , flow