progress¹

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.

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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