progress

B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈpɹɑ.ɡɹɛs/ UK /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/ See IPA manual

Freq #2442

Meanings

1

noun
The process of improving or developing over time.

Science has made remarkable progress in the last fifty years.
2

noun
Movement forward toward a place or goal.

Heavy traffic slowed our progress into the city.
3

verb
To improve or develop in a positive way.

Her English progressed quickly once she moved abroad.
4

verb
To move forward or continue.

Visitors progress through the museum at their own pace.

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1 noun · the process of improving or... advance progression development

3 verb · to improve or develop in a... advancecome alongget on

Opposites

regress retrogress

Word family

Forms progressedprogressesprogressing

Derived forms anti-progressantiprogresscross-progressnonprogressprogressibleprogressistprogresslessprogressophobeprogressorunprogressunprogressing

Related forms congress egress grade ingress progression progressiveprogressivismprogressivistregress retrogress

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.

*per- Proto-Indo-European progresse Middle English progres Old French prōgressus Latin

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# progress

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɹɑ.ɡɹɛs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/
**Frequency rank:** 2442

## Meanings
1. The process of improving or developing over time.
2. Movement forward toward a place or goal.
3. To improve or develop in a positive way.
4. To move forward or continue.

## Examples
- Science has made remarkable progress in the last fifty years.
- Heavy traffic slowed our progress into the city.
- Her English progressed quickly once she moved abroad.
- Visitors progress through the museum at their own pace.

## Antonyms
- regress
- retrogress

## Derived Forms
- anti-progress
- antiprogress
- cross-progress
- nonprogress
- progressible
- progressist
- progressless
- progressophobe
- progressor
- unprogress
- unprogressing

## Related Forms
- congress
- egress
- grade
- ingress
- progression
- progressive
- progressivism
- progressivist
- regress
- retrogress

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: progresse
- Root: progres
- Root: prōgressus
- Affix: pro- - forward

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Progress comes 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. In present-day English it covers the process of improving or developing over time, movement forward toward a place or goal, and to improve or develop in a positive way. The wider family includes derived forms such as anti-progress, antiprogress, cross-progress, nonprogress, progressible and related forms such as congress, egress, grade, ingress.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Cause, Change & Process

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