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/prˈɑgrˌɛs/ /prəgrˈɛs/ /proʊgrˈɛs/ Listen

noun

Progress n.

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance; specifically:

(a)

In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.

(b)

In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.

(c)

In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art.

(d)

In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school.

(e)

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.

A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions. "The king being returned from his progresse."

verb

Progress v. t. To make progress in; to pass through. (Obs.)

Progress v. i. (past & past part. progressed; pres. part. progressing)

To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing. "As his recovery progressed." "Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on thy checks." "They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt." "The war had progressed for some time."

To make improvement; to advance. "If man progresses, art must progress too."

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"Progress" Quotes from Famous Books

... I had managed to progress a little in the acquisition of a knowledge of her tongue, so that I knew many of the animals and reptiles by their Caspakian names, and trees and ferns and grasses. I knew the words for sea and river and cliff, for sky and ...

— The People that Time Forgot • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... Progress was slow, for the snow was deep in places. At the old tumbled-down cabin the trail turned and ran up the mountain side. Willis felt a strange pounding at his heart. The noise on the mountain had stopped, but every now and then he heard the sound of voices ...

— Buffalo Roost • F. H. Cheley

... by no means satisfied with the progress which his patient was making. He had called at the house with Mr Hume, and had expressed himself very decidedly as to the desirableness of a change for the young man, but he did not approve of Nethermuir, and he startled them ...

— Allison Bain - By a Way she knew not • Margaret Murray Robertson

... Manhattan, that are getting to be renowned for their rascality and orgies. They probably want nothing but the proclamation of a governor in vindication of their principles, annexed to a pardon of some of their unfortunate children, to render both classical. If we continue to make much further progress in political logic, and in the same direction as that in which we have already proceeded so far, neither will probably long be in want of this illustration. Votes can be given by the virtuous citizens of both these purlieus, as well as by the virtuous ...

— Jack Tier or The Florida Reef • James Fenimore Cooper

... clasp her. He was too much absorbed in that gaze to notice anything beyond it; but Mildred was suddenly aware of steps and a voice in the adjoining room. Tims and Mr. Fitzalan, in the course of a conscientious survey of all the pictures on the walls, had reached this point in their progress. The window-seat on which Goring and Mildred were sitting was visible through a doorway, and Tims had ...

— The Invader - A Novel • Margaret L. Woods

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