progress

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
2. To develop.
3. To develop.
4. To expedite.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs/

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.