progress

Speech parts

1. progress - Noun

2. progress - Verb

3. Progress - Proper noun

Meaning

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.

In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.

In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art.

In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school.

Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress.

A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.

To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing.

To make improvement; to advance.

To make progress in; to pass through.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

progression advancement march development movement growth increase course rise advance evolution improvement procession come on betterment
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Antonyms

regress retrogress lintel cul-de-sac u-turn back
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Hypernyms

development move movement develop travel motion

Hyponyms

march head career pass edge string

Phrases with the word

in progress make progress progress report anti-progress stop progress assisted the progress of

Derivatives

progressed progressing

Examples

If we do not pray for the sick, the illness will progress naturally. Whereas, if we pray for them, it can alter its natural course. Therefore, always pray for the sick. Paisios of Mount Athos

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. Albert Einstein

In the courtroom of the conscience, a case is always in progress. Dutch Proverb

Praise the young and they will make progress. Irish Proverb

A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

progredience progrediency progredient progress at same rate progress at the same rate progress bar