Progress

Word PROGRESS
Character 8
Hyphenation prog ress pro gress
Pronunciations /ˈpɹɒɡɹɛs/

Definitions and meanings of "Progress"

What do we mean by progress?

Forward or onward movement, as toward a destination. noun

Development, advancement, or improvement, as toward a goal. noun

A ceremonial journey made by a sovereign through his or her realm. noun

To move forward or onward. intransitive verb

To develop, advance, or improve. intransitive verb

To increase in scope or severity, as a disease taking an unfavorable course. intransitive verb

(in progress) Going on; under way. idiom

A going onward; a moving or proceeding forward; advance: as, to make slow or rapid progress on a journey; to hinder one's progress. noun

A passage from place to place; a journey; wayfaring. noun

Specifically A journey or circuit of state: as, a royal progress. noun

Advancement of any kind; growth; development; improvement: as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of a plant; the progress of a patient toward recovery; the progress of a scholar in his studies; the progress of the arts and sciences. noun

Plural In astrology, the positions the moon forms in her advance, by allowing one synodical lunation for one year of the native's life. noun

To move forward or onward in space; proceed; pass; go.

To continue onward in course; proceed or advance.

To move toward something better; advance on the line of development or improvement.

Specifically, in music, of a voice-part, to advance from one tone to another, or, of the harmony in general, from one chord to another.

To make headway.

To pass over or through; make the tour or circuit of.

To cause to advance or pass; push forward.

To make progress in; to pass through. transitive verb

Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.

Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.

An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.

A journey forward; travel.

Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Progress

The word "progress" in example sentences

If there are no intelligible or describable social processes, then there may be progress, but there will be no sociology and no _methods of progress_. ❋ Robert Ezra Park (1926)

But by progress must not be understood the imaginary and metaphysical _law of progress_, which should lead the generations of man with irresistible force to some unknown destiny, according to a providential plan which we can logically divine and understand. ❋ Benedetto Croce (1909)

A human society can either fall backward or progress forward, but it cannot _progress backward_. ❋ Various (1888)

When work in progress is shared (as my father did with me), we were both able to improve it, I as the observer might have had an idea that my father as constructor didn't and after some discussion and experimentation, who knows, maybe together, we created something better, just because we shared. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He certainly has the potential, his biggest work in progress is adapting to the culture and the demand, Mendenhall said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A novel in progress is as delicate as an embryo, and it is your job to protect it from any environment that might harm it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Comi can finish the series it has in progress is not certain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And State of Grace, another work in progress, is at least partly a response to the Singularity fans and rapture nerds who seem to just assume that there's going to be room for Humanity in a post-Human age. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A murder taking place or a murder being stopped in progress is newsworthy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shadow Unit, for those of you joining us in progress, is a web serial/hyperfiction written by Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Amanda Downum, Sarah Monette, and, er, me. ❋ Matociquala (2008)

His thesis in progress is on the design of cultural tourism routes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The problem, for those of you joining us in progress, is that The Stratford Man, as it stands, is an 1190-page book. ❋ Stwish (2007)

The term progress itself means improvement – continuously. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Work in progress is “dread” used adjectivally, as in “the dread manuscript.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

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