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Webster 1913 Edition

Progress

Prog′ress

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.
progressus
, from
progredi
, p. p.
progressus
, to go forth or forward;
pro
forward +
gradi
to step, go: cf. F.
progrès
. See
Grade
.]
1.
A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance
; specifically:
(a)
In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.
(b)
In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.
(c)
In business of any kind;
as, the
progress
of a negotiation; the
progress
of art.
(d)
In knowledge; in proficiency;
as, the
progress
of a child at school
.
(e)
Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; – applied to individuals, communities, or the race;
as, social, moral, religious, or political
progress
.
2.
A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.
The king being returned from his
progresse
.
Evelyn.

Pro-gress′

(?; formerly pronounced like Progress, n.)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Progressed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Progressing
.]
1.
To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on;
as, railroads are
progressing
.
“As his recovery progressed.”
Thackeray.
Let me wipe off this honorable dew,
That silverly doth
progress
on thy checks.
Shakespeare
They
progress
in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt.
Washington.
The war had
progressed
for some time.
Marshall.
2.
To make improvement; to advance.
Bayard.
If man
progresses
, art must
progress
too.
Caird.

Prog′ress

(?; see Progress, v. i.)
,
Verb.
T.
To make progress in; to pass through.
[Obs.]
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Progress

PROG'RESS

,
Noun.
[L. progressus, progedior; pro and gradior, to step or go. See Grade and Degree.]
1.
A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward. A man makes a slow progress or a rapid progress on a journey; a ship makes slow progress against the tide. He watched the progress of the army on its march, or the progress of a star or comet.
2.
A moving forward in growth; increase; as the progress of a plant or animal.
3.
Advance in business of any kind; as the progress of a negotiation; the progress of arts.
4.
Advance in knowledge; intellectual or moral improvement; proficiency. The student is commended for this progress in learning; the christian for his progress in virtue and piety.
5.
Removal; passage from place to place.
From Egypt arts their progress made to Greece.
6.
A journey of state; a circuit.

Definition 2024

progress

progress

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: prō'grĕs, IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs/
  • (US) enPR: prä'grĕs, prō'grĕs, IPA(key): /ˈprɑɡrɛs/, /ˈpɹoʊɡɹɛs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊɡrɛs, -ɑɡrɛs

Noun

progress ‎(countable and uncountable, plural progresses)

  1. Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time. [from 15th c.]
    Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.
  2. Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth. [from 15th c.]
    • 2012 January 1, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 60:
      Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
    Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.
  3. An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit. [from 15th c.]
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 124:
      With the king about to go on progress, the trials and executions were deliberately timed.
  4. (now rare) A journey forward; travel. [from 15th c.]
    • 1887, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders:
      Now Tim began to be struck with these loitering progresses along the garden boundaries in the gloaming, and wondered what they boded.
  5. Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance. [from 16th c.]
    The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.
Usage notes
  • To make progress is often used instead of the verb progress. This allows complex modification of progress in ways that can not be well approximated by adverbs modifying the verb. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
Translations

Etymology 2

From the noun. Lapsed into disuse in the 17th century, except in the US. Considered an Americanism on reintroduction to use in the UK.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: prəgrĕs', IPA(key): /prəˈɡrɛs/

Verb

progress ‎(third-person singular simple present progresses, present participle progressing, simple past and past participle progressed)

  1. (intransitive) to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
    They progress through the museum.
    • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
      Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.
  2. (intransitive) to improve; to become better or more complete.
    Societies progress unevenly.
  3. (transitive) To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 266:
      Or […] they came to progress matters in which Dudley had taken a hand, and left defrauded or bound over to the king.
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Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately a borrowing from Latin prōgressus ‎(“an advance”), from the participle stem of prōgredī ‎(“to go forward, advance, develop”), from pro- ‎(“forth, before”) + gradi ‎(“to walk, go”).

Noun

progress m (1st declension)

  1. progress (development, esp. to a higher, fuller, more advanced state; transition from a lower to a higher level)
    sociālais progress‎ ― social progress
    cilvēces progress‎ ― humanity's progress
    ražošanas efektivitātes paaugstināšanās pamats ir zinātniski tehniskais progress‎ ― the basis for the increase in production effectivity is scientific and technical progress
    mākslas progress - tā nav vienkārša attīstība‎ ― art progress: this is no simple evolution

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Etymology

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”).

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