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progress
noun
    1. Movement while travelling in any direction.
    2. Course.
      Example: followed the progress of the trial
    3. Movement towards a destination, goal or state of completion.
      Example: make slow progress
      Thesaurus: motion, progression, advancement, advance, way, passage, headway, journey, procession, circuit; Antonym: standstill, regress.
    4. Advances or development.
      Thesaurus: improvement, gain, betterment, promotion, amelioration, advancement, breakthrough, step forward, development, growth, increase; Antonym: deterioration, decline.
    5. old use
      A journey made in state by a sovereign, etc.
verb progresses, progressed, progressing
    intr
    1. To move forwards or onwards; to proceed towards a goal.
      Thesaurus: advance, move, travel, proceed, come on, make headway, gather momentum, forge ahead, continue, blossom, grow, mature, develop, increase; Antonym: decline.
    intr
    2. To develop or improve.
      Thesaurus: improve, prosper, better, gain, advance, ameliorate, make strides; Antonym: deteriorate.
    3. To put (something planned) into operation; to expedite.
Idiom: in progress
    Taking place; in the course of being done.
Etymology: 15c: from Latin progredi, progressus to move forward.



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