Progress
noun
Forward or onward movement towards a destination.
We are making progress towards finishing the project
Often appears as...
- make progress
- progress report
noun
Development towards an improved or more advanced condition.
The progress of technology over the years has been astounding
Often appears as...
- technological progress
- economic progress
verb
Move forward in space or time.
As the week progressed, the weather got worse
Often appears as...
- progress steadily
- progress rapidly
verb
Develop towards an improved or more advanced condition.
His work is progressing well
Often appears as...
- progress well
- progress steadily
noun
A state visit or official tour.
The royal progress through the city was grand
Often appears as...
- royal progress
- solemn progress
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Formal
Academic
noun
Forward or onward movement towards a destination.
We are making progress towards finishing the project
Often appears as...
- make progress
- progress report
noun
Development towards an improved or more advanced condition.
The progress of technology over the years has been astounding
Often appears as...
- technological progress
- economic progress
verb
Move forward in space or time.
As the week progressed, the weather got worse
Often appears as...
- progress steadily
- progress rapidly
verb
Develop towards an improved or more advanced condition.
His work is progressing well
Often appears as...
- progress well
- progress steadily
noun
A state visit or official tour.
The royal progress through the city was grand
Often appears as...
- royal progress
- solemn progress
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Journey
Used to express advancement towards a specific place or in a procedure.
As we progress through the jungle, we hope to reach the village by nightfall.
Pro Tip 2/3Measure of Success
Often linked with achievements, suggesting positive movement or improvement.
Your progress in English has been remarkable since last semester.
Pro Tip 3/3Objective Evaluation
Can be used in contexts where advancement is monitored against set goals.
During the progress meeting, the team reviewed the project's milestones.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Journey
Used to express advancement towards a specific place or in a procedure.
As we progress through the jungle, we hope to reach the village by nightfall.
Pro Tip 2/3Measure of Success
Often linked with achievements, suggesting positive movement or improvement.
Your progress in English has been remarkable since last semester.
Pro Tip 3/3Objective Evaluation
Can be used in contexts where advancement is monitored against set goals.
During the progress meeting, the team reviewed the project's milestones.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Journey
Used to express advancement towards a specific place or in a procedure.
As we progress through the jungle, we hope to reach the village by nightfall.
Pro Tip 2/3Measure of Success
Often linked with achievements, suggesting positive movement or improvement.
Your progress in English has been remarkable since last semester.
Pro Tip 3/3Objective Evaluation
Can be used in contexts where advancement is monitored against set goals.
During the progress meeting, the team reviewed the project's milestones.
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Expanding our definition...
command of everything and controlling it and that's what we're seeing around the world command and control mentalities and education is not an industrial system it's an organic system it's a human system and we make much more progress if we apply principles of Agriculture an actually of organic farming you might compare organic farming with industrial farming and say
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How to recognize a...
Though the name suggested impossibility, modern scientific and political progress raised hopes of these dreams finally becoming reality. But time and time again, they instead turned into nightmares of war, famine, and oppression. And as artists began to question utopian thinking,
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What causes cavities? -...
into the tooth's secondary layer called the dentin. Since blood vessels and nerves in our teeth are enclosed deep within, at this stage, the expanding cavity doesn't hurt. But if the damage extends beyond the dentin, the bacterial invasion progresses
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How do pregnancy tests...
HCG is produced in the earliest stages of pregnancy and starts a game of telephone that tells the body not to shed the inner lining of the uterus that month. As the pregnancy progresses, HCG supports the formation of the placenta,
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The hidden meanings of...
a person will not have to fight against the universe's natural flow. So, for example, listen more, argue less. Be ready to back up or undo something, and you will make even faster progress. Don't worry about being the best,
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What can Schrödinger's...
Everyday physics may start to look a bit more like the strange quantum world. Quantum teleportation may even progress so far, that one day your cat will escape to a safer galaxy, where there are no physicists and no boxes.
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The sonic boom problem -...
Humans have been fascinated with speed for ages. The history of human progress is one of ever-increasing velocity, and one of the most important achievements in this historical race was the breaking of the sound barrier.
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
This is massive progress, and this exceeds everybody's expectations about what is possible. And I think you and I, I think, honestly, that we can feel proud and encouraged
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Plague 101 PIPE National...
mass sickness and devastation. But as much tragedy as the disease has caused, it also helped drive crucial scientific and social progress. Plague is an infectious disease
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Cheetah Cubs Master...
the cubs help mum dispatch the diker with ease the progress they've made since i last saw them is encouraging but they're not quite grown up yet
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Expanding our definition...
command of everything and controlling it and that's what we're seeing around the world command and control mentalities and education is not an industrial system it's an organic system it's a human system and we make much more progress if we apply principles of Agriculture an actually of organic farming you might compare organic farming with industrial farming and say
Video examples
How to recognize a...
Though the name suggested impossibility, modern scientific and political progress raised hopes of these dreams finally becoming reality. But time and time again, they instead turned into nightmares of war, famine, and oppression. And as artists began to question utopian thinking,
Video examples
What causes cavities? -...
into the tooth's secondary layer called the dentin. Since blood vessels and nerves in our teeth are enclosed deep within, at this stage, the expanding cavity doesn't hurt. But if the damage extends beyond the dentin, the bacterial invasion progresses
Video examples
How do pregnancy tests...
HCG is produced in the earliest stages of pregnancy and starts a game of telephone that tells the body not to shed the inner lining of the uterus that month. As the pregnancy progresses, HCG supports the formation of the placenta,
Video examples
The hidden meanings of...
a person will not have to fight against the universe's natural flow. So, for example, listen more, argue less. Be ready to back up or undo something, and you will make even faster progress. Don't worry about being the best,
Video examples
What can Schrödinger's...
Everyday physics may start to look a bit more like the strange quantum world. Quantum teleportation may even progress so far, that one day your cat will escape to a safer galaxy, where there are no physicists and no boxes.
Video examples
The sonic boom problem -...
Humans have been fascinated with speed for ages. The history of human progress is one of ever-increasing velocity, and one of the most important achievements in this historical race was the breaking of the sound barrier.
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
This is massive progress, and this exceeds everybody's expectations about what is possible. And I think you and I, I think, honestly, that we can feel proud and encouraged
Video examples
Plague 101 PIPE National...
mass sickness and devastation. But as much tragedy as the disease has caused, it also helped drive crucial scientific and social progress. Plague is an infectious disease
Video examples
Cheetah Cubs Master...
the cubs help mum dispatch the diker with ease the progress they've made since i last saw them is encouraging but they're not quite grown up yet
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Quote examples
Ava DuVernay
American Director
If I can be in a place where my image is encouraging people to see different people behind the camera, and my image and the images I make can help open up a certain world view, I think that's all a part of a larger spirit of change and progress, and I'm happy to be part of it.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.
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Alice Walker
American Author
People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
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George Eastman
American Inventor
The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.
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Gabriel Lippmann
Scientist
Life is short and progress is slow.
Quote examples
Ava DuVernay
American Director
If I can be in a place where my image is encouraging people to see different people behind the camera, and my image and the images I make can help open up a certain world view, I think that's all a part of a larger spirit of change and progress, and I'm happy to be part of it.
Quote examples
Ben Carson
American Scientist
And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
Quote examples
Elon Musk
South African Businessman
I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.
Quote examples
W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
Quote examples
Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
Quote examples
George Eastman
American Inventor
The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.
Quote examples
Gabriel Lippmann
Scientist
Life is short and progress is slow.
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