Meaning of progress in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.

  Example: Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.

• Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.

  Example: Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.

• An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.

• A journey forward; travel.

• Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.

  Example: The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.

verb

• To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.

  Example: They progress through the museum.

• To improve; to become better or more complete.

  Example: Societies progress unevenly.

• To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.