progress

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Usage notes 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Pronunciation 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French progres (French: progrès) < Latin progressus (“‘an advance’”) < progredi, past participle progressus (“‘to go forward, advance, proceed’”) < pro- (“‘forth, before’”) + gradi (“‘to walk, go’”)

[edit] Pronunciation 1

• (RP): prō'grĕs, /ˈprəʊɡrɛs/, /"pr@UgrEs/
• (US): prä'grĕs, /ˈprɑɡrɛs/, /"prAgrEs/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɛs

[edit] Noun

progress (uncountable)

1. 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
2. A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.

   The Queen embarked on her progress last spring.

3. the advance or growth of modern, industrialized society, its technology, and its trappings

   The progress of society can be uneven.

[edit] Related terms

• congress
• ingress
• egress
• regress
• grade
• progressive
• progressivism
• progressivist
• progression

[edit] Usage notes

• We usually make progress. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

[edit] Translations

[edit] Pronunciation 2

• prəgrĕs', /prəˈɡrɛs/, /pr@"grEs/
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[edit] Verb

to progress (third-person singular simple present progresses, present participle progressing, simple past and past participle progressed)

1. (intransitive) to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.

   They progress through the museum.

2. (intransitive) to improve; to become better or more complete.

   Societies progress unevenly.

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[edit] External links

• progress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• progress in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911