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US
/ˈpɹɑˌɡɹɛs, pɹəˈɡɹɛs, pɹoʊˈɡɹɛs/
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NOUN
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gradual improvement or growth or development
great progress in the arts
advancement of knowledge -
a movement forward
he listened for the progress of the troops - the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
VERB
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develop in a positive way
Plans are shaping up
My plants are coming along
He progressed well in school -
form or accumulate steadily
Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border -
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
Time marches on
How To Use progress In A Sentence
- It gets progressively more demanding, too, taking a good 12 hours of study to absorb.
- I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress.
- He was in awe of China and pleaded that if India should progress it should learn a lesson or two from the communist regime.
- The services of the laboratory are offered gratuitously to any scientist or graduate student engaged in research which makes a significant contribution to progress in the fields of science.
- Most intriguingly, among the described symptoms of fugu poisoning is progressive limb paralysis while maintaining consciousness.
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- Another step forward was the progressive declarations of invalidity extended to certain laws, decrees, and edicts issued in Stalin's time.
- It is patent that dusk found them weary and worn, plodding and wading silently "homewards," shovel on shoulder, across four or five kilos of desolate mud; falling and tripping over stagnant bodies, masses of tangled wire, bricks and jagged wood-work everywhere impeding progress. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
- Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure. Thomas A. Edison
- However, some patients seek help late in the season, when their symptoms have progressed from a runny nose to sticky yellow mucus with red, hot itchy and swollen eyes.