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progress

noun

1 progress

Gradual improvement or growth or development:
— Great progress in the arts.

synonym: advancement.

Roget 264: motion, movement, move; going etc. v.; unrest.    stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir; ... show more

Roget 144: conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation; evolution, sea change; change of state; assumption; naturalization; transportation; development [Biol.], developing.    [photography] ... show more

Dutch: continuïteit, progressie, voortgang, vooruitgang, vordering, vorderingen
Polish: postęp, krok, krok naprzód

2 progress

The act of moving forward (as toward a goal).

synonyms: advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progression.

Roget 282: progress, progression, progressiveness; advancing etc. v.; advance, advancement; ongoing; flood, tide, headway; march ... show more

Dutch: continuïteit, voortgang, vooruitgang

3 progress

A movement forward:
— He listened for the progress of the troops.

synonyms: advance, progression.

Dutch: vordering, vooruitgang, progressie

verb

1 progress

Develop in a positive way:
— He progressed well in school.

synonyms: advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, shape up.

Dutch: de vorm aannemen, vooruitgaan, vooruitkomen, vorderen

2 progress

Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.

synonyms: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on.

Roget 282: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one's course, hold on one's course; ... show more

Dutch: voortschrijden

3 progress

Form or accumulate steadily.

synonyms: build, build up, work up.

Dutch: doorzetten, verhevigen


Moby thesaurus: Brownian movement, Great Leap Forward, about-face, accomplishment, achieve success, advance, advancement, advancing, alchemy, ameliorate, amelioration, amend, amendment, amplification, amplify, anabasis, angular motion, arrive, ascend, ascending ... show more.

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