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progress
[ noun prog-res, -ruhsor, especially British, proh-gres; verb pruh-gres ]
noun
- a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage:
the progress of a student toward a degree.
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- developmental activity in science, technology, etc., especially with reference to the commercial opportunities created thereby or to the promotion of the material well-being of the public through the goods, techniques, or facilities created.
- advancement in general.
- growth or development; continuous improvement:
He shows progress in his muscular coordination.
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- the development of an individual or society in a direction considered more beneficial than and superior to the previous level.
- Biology. increasing differentiation and perfection in the course of ontogeny or phylogeny.
- forward or onward movement:
the progress of the planets.
- the forward course of action, events, time, etc.
- an official journey or tour, as by a sovereign or dignitary.
verb (used without object)
- to go forward or onward in space or time:
The wagon train progressed through the valley. As the play progressed, the leading man grew more inaudible.
- to grow or develop, as in complexity, scope, or severity; advance:
Are you progressing in your piano studies? The disease progressed slowly.
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progress
noun
- movement forwards, esp towards a place or objective
- satisfactory development, growth, or advance
she is making progress in maths
- advance towards completion, maturity, or perfection
the steady onward march of progress
- modifier of or relating to progress
a progress report
- biology increasing complexity, adaptation, etc, during the development of an individual or evolution of a group
- a stately royal journey
- in progresstaking place; under way
verb
- intr to move forwards or onwards, as towards a place or objective
- to move towards or bring nearer to completion, maturity, or perfection
Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of progress1
Idioms and Phrases
- in progress, going on; under way; being done; happening:
The meeting was already in progress.
More idioms and phrases containing progress
see in progress .Example Sentences
It details the latest science on climate change, and also reports on progress in addressing global warming.
They say the potential impacts of Berwick Bank are becoming so severe that they "overshadow and are undermining" the progress of other, lower impact windfarm applications.
"We must have peace. We have already made a lot of progress. People's lives are more prosperous and fulfilled. Now we must work together with the Americans for the future."
Meanwhile, new US ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, said in a video statement that he is "committed to making progress in this great relationship".
I guess I’m just . . . it’s a work in progress, my relationship with sparrows.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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