progress

To progress is to move forward or advance towards completion.

(verb)

  1. An example of progress is when you continue walking down a path, getting closer to your destination.
  2. An example of progress is when you are continuing to build a home.

Progress is moving forwards towards an end goal, or is making things better or more advanced.

(noun)

  1. An example of progress is getting closer to your destination.
  2. An example of progress is the change from land line phones to cell phones.

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See progress in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a moving forward or onward
  2. forward course; development
  3. advance toward perfection or to a higher or better state; improvement
  4. Now Rare an official journey, as of a sovereign

Origin: ME progresse < L progressus, pp. of progredi < pro-, before + gradi, to step, go: see pro- & grade

intransitive verb progress

  1. to move forward or onward
  2. to move forward toward completion, a goal, etc.
  3. to advance toward perfection or to a higher or better state; improve

See progress in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Movement, as toward a goal; advance.
  2. Development or growth: students who show progress.
  3. Steady improvement, as of a society or civilization: a believer in human progress. See Synonyms at development.
  4. A ceremonial journey made by a sovereign through his or her realm.
intransitive verb pro·gress (prə-grĕsˈ) pro·gressed, pro·gress·ing, pro·gress·es
  1. To advance; proceed: Work on the new building progressed at a rapid rate.
  2. To advance toward a higher or better stage; improve steadily: as medical technology progresses.
  3. To increase in scope or severity, as a disease taking an unfavorable course.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English progresse

Origin: , from Latin prōgressus

Origin: , from past participle of prōgredī, to advance

Origin: : prō-, forward; see pro-1

Origin: + gradī, to go, walk; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots

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