progress

English

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Alternative forms

• progreß (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

• (RP) enPR: prō'grĕs, IPA: /ˈprəʊɡrɛs/, SAMPA: "pr@UgrEs
• (US) {{enPR|prä'grĕs, IPA: /ˈprɑɡrɛs/, SAMPA: "prAgrEs

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• Rhymes: -əʊɡrɛs, -ɑɡrɛs

Noun

progress (uncountable)

1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance.
   1. In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.
   2. In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.
   3. In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art
   4. In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school
   5. 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.

Related terms

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

Usage notes

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

Translations

a moving forward

Arabic: تقدم (ar) (taqaddum) m. Chinese: trad. 進步, simpl. 进步 (pinyin: jìnbù) Czech: pokrok (cs) m. Dutch: vordering (nl) f., voortgang (nl) m., vooruitgang (nl) m. Esperanto: progreso (eo) Estonian: edenemine (et) Finnish: edistys (fi), eteneminen (fi) French: progrès (fr) m., amélioration (fr) f. German: Fortschritt m. (1,3) Greek: πρόοδος (el) f. (próodos) (1,3) Haitian Creole: pwogrè Hungarian: haladás (hu), fejlődés (hu) Ido: progreso

Italian: progresso (it) m. Japanese: 進歩 (ja) (しんぽ, shinpo) Korean: 전진 (jeonjin) Luxembourgish: Progrès (lb) m., Fortschrëtt (lb) m. Macedonian: напредок (mk) (nápredok) m., прогрес (mk) (prógres) m. Novial: progrese Portuguese: progresso (pt) m. Russian: прогресс (ru) (progréss) m. Scottish Gaelic: (abstract) piseach (gd) m. Spanish: progreso (es) m. Swedish: framsteg n. (improvement) Walloon: progrès (wa) m.

advance or growth of civilization

Arabic: تقدم (ar) (taqaddum) m. Chinese: trad. 進步, simpl. 进步 (pinyin: jìnbù) Czech: pokrok (cs) m. Dutch: vooruitgang (nl) m. Estonian: areng (et) French: progrès (fr) m. German: Fortschritt (de) m.

Haitian Creole: pwogrè Japanese: 進歩 (ja) (しんぽ, shinpo) Luxembourgish: Progrès (lb) m., Fortschrëtt (lb) m. Macedonian: напредок (mk) (nápredok) m., прогрес (mk) (prógres) m. Russian: прогресс (ru) (progréss) m. Swedish: framsteg (sv) n.,t framgång (sv) c. Walloon: progrès (wa) m.

Pronunciation 2

• enPR: prəgrĕs', IPA: /prəˈɡrɛs/, SAMPA: pr@"grEs

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Verb

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.

   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, BBC Sport:

     Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.

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

   Societies progress unevenly.

Antonyms

• regress
• retrogress

Translations

Translations

Catalan: progressar (ca) Chinese: 进程 (cmn)，过程 (cmn) Esperanto: progresi (eo) Finnish: edistyä (fi)

French: progresser (fr) Hungarian: fejleszt (hu) Ido: progresar (io) Novial: progresa Spanish: progresar (es)

External links

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