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 (pr-grs) Inflected forms: 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.
IDIOM:
in progress Going on; under way: a work in progress.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English progresse, from Latin prgressus, from past participle of prgred, to advance : pr-, forward; see pro–1 + grad, to go, walk; see ghredh- in Appendix I.
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