Dictionary
prog•ress
Pronunciation: (
—n.prog'res, -rus or, esp. Brit., prō'gres;
—v.pru-gres'), [key]—
n.
1. a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage:
the progress of a student toward a degree.
2. developmental activity in science, technology, etc., esp. with reference to the commercial opportunities created thereby or to the promotion of the material well-being of the public through the goods, techniques, or facilities created.
3. advancement in general.
4. growth or development; continuous improvement:
He shows progress in his muscular coordination.
5. the development of an individual or society in a direction considered more beneficial than and superior to the previous level.
6. Biol.increasing differentiation and perfection in the course of ontogeny or phylogeny.
7. forward or onward movement:
the progress of the planets.
8. the forward course of action, events, time, etc.
9. an official journey or tour, as by a sovereign or dignitary.
10. in progress, going on; under way; being done; happening:
The meeting was already in progress.
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v.i. pro•gress
1. to go forward or onward in space or time:
The wagon train progressed through the valley. As the play progressed, the leading man grew more inaudible.
2. to grow or develop, as in complexity, scope, or severity; advance:
Are you progressing in your piano studies? The disease progressed slowly. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
