progress

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: prō'grĕs, IPA ^(key): /ˈprəʊɡrɛs/ or /ˈprɒɡrɛs/
• (US) enPR: prä'grĕs or prō'grĕs, IPA ^(key): /ˈprɑɡrɛs/ or /ˈproʊɡrɛs/

noun

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Noun

Singular progress

Plural none

Progress is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. (uncountable) Progress is moving forward or getting better (more good).

   We didn't make much progress on the road, only a mile.

   We are making progress on finding a cure.

   There was a lot of progress in science in the last century.

Verb

Plain form progress

Third-person singular progresses

Past tense progressed

Past participle progressed

Present participle progressing

1. If you progress, you move forward.

   The army progressed toward the city.

Related words

• progressive
• progression