progress · name — A placename; A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
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progress is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/.
Etymology
From Middle English progresse, from Old French progres (“a going forward”), from Latin prōgressus (“an advance”), from the participle stem of prōgredī (“to go forward, advance, develop”), from pro- (“forth, before”) + gradi (“to walk, go”). Displaced native Old English forþgang.
name
- A placename; A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A placename; An unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Delaware County, Indiana, United States.
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- A programming language
noun
- Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.e.g.“Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.”
- Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.e.g.“Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.”
- An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
- A journey forward; travel.e.g.“Now Tim began to be struck with these loitering progresses along the garden boundaries in the gloaming, and wondered what they boded.” — 1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.e.g.“The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.”
- Any of a series of Soviet, later Russian spacecraft.
verb
- To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.e.g.“Visitors progress through the museum at their own pace.”
- To develop.e.g.“Societies progress unevenly.”
- To develop.; To improve; to become better or more complete.
- To expedite.e.g.“Or […] they came to progress matters in which Dudley had taken a hand, and left defrauded or bound over to the king.” — 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 266:
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