progress

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
2. (uncountable, usually) Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
3. (uncountable, usually) An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
4. (archaic, uncountable, usually) A journey forward; travel.
5. (uncountable, usually) Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
2. (intransitive) To develop.
3. (broadly, intransitive) To develop.
4. (transitive) To expedite.

Synonyms

advance

advancement

development

develop

proceed

improvement

move forward

progression

headway

forward movement

make progress

growth

grow

evolution

improve

go forward

promotion

go on

get on

make headway

prosperity

prosper

march

increase

achievement

continue

forward

come on

come along

rise

procession

thrive

build

motion

move

process

go ahead

move on

flourish

shape up

succeed

build up

ameliorate

evolve

precede

pass

passage

course of events

get on well

go along

Translations

progrès

Fortschritt

progresso

progreso

vooruitgang

progresso

avancement

progresser

vordering

progrés

voortgang

avancer

πρόοδος

progredire

Entwicklung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: progresse

In summary

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.