progress
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noun \ˈprä-grəs, -ˌgres, US also & British usually ˈprō-ˌgres\Definition of PROGRESS
1
a (1) : a royal journey marked by pomp and pageant (2) : a state procession b : a tour or circuit made by an official (as a judge) c : an expedition, journey, or march through a region
2
: a forward or onward movement (as to an objective or to a goal) : advance
3
: gradual betterment; especially : the progressive development of humankind
— in progress
: going on : occurring
See Examples of PROGRESS
- the rapid progress of the ship
- He made slow progress down the steep cliff.
- The project showed slow but steady progress.
Origin of PROGRESS
Related to PROGRESS
- Synonyms
- advancement, furtherance, going, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, procession, advance, progression
- Antonyms
- recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression
Rhymes with PROGRESS
abscess, access, address, aggress, assess, bench-press, caress, clothespress, coatdress, cold-press, compress, confess, cross-dress, CS, depress, de-stress, digress, distress, drill press, egress, excess, express, finesse, fluoresce, French press, full-dress, handpress, headdress, housedress, idlesse, impress, ingress, Meknes, much less, nightdress, noblesse, no less, obsess, oppress, outguess, possess, precess, prestress, princess, process, profess, recess, redress, regress, re-press, repress, shirtdress, side-dress, SS, success, sundress, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, undress, unless, web press, winepress, word stress
2pro·gress
intransitive verb \prə-ˈgres\Definition of PROGRESS
1
: to move forward : proceed
2
: to develop to a higher, better, or more advanced stage
Examples of PROGRESS
- The project has been progressing slowly.
- The work is progressing and should be completed soon.
- The caravan progressed slowly across the desert.
First Known Use of PROGRESS
1539
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