progress

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The process of improving or developing over time.

   Science has made remarkable progress in the last fifty years.

2. 2
   noun

   Movement forward toward a place or goal.

   Heavy traffic slowed our progress into the city.

3. 3
   verb

   To improve or develop in a positive way.

   Her English progressed quickly once she moved abroad.

4. 4
   verb

   To move forward or continue.

   Visitors progress through the museum at their own pace.

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.

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