1. positive development: development, usually of a gradual kind, toward achieving a goal or reaching a higher standard making progress in the talks
2. advance of human society: the general advance of human society and industry over time toward a state of greater civilization Most Victorians believed in progress.
3. motion toward something: movement forward or onward
4. royal tour: an official tour by a reigning king or queen through his or her kingdom
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verb (past and past participlepro·gressed, present participlepro·gress·ing, 3rd person present singularpro·gress·es)
Definition:
1. intransitive verb improve: to develop or advance continuously
2. intransitive verb move along: to move forward or onward
3. transitive verb help complete something: to bring something closer to completion
[15th century. < Latin progressus, past participle of progredi "go forward" < gradi "to walk"]
in progress currently happening or being done
The o in the noun progress can be pronounced two ways and both are correct: /próg rèss, prṓ grèss, /. The first variant is, however, slightly more common in U.S. English as opposed to Canadian English, which prefers the second variant.
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