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Meaning progress meaning

What does progress mean?
Definitions in simple English

progress Noun

— Progress is 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.

progress Verb

— If you progress, you move forward. The army progressed toward the city.

progress

— noun (= advancement) gradual improvement or growth or development advancement of knowledge great progress in the arts — verb (= come along, shape up) develop in a positive way He progressed well in school My plants are coming along Plans are shaping up — noun the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) — noun a movement forward he listened for the progress of the troops — verb (= march on) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense Time marches on — verb (= build up, build) form or accumulate steadily Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

Synonyms progress synonyms

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progress English » English

advance advancement development develop proceed improvement move forward progression headway make progress forward movement improve growth grow evolution go forward promotion make headway go on get on prosperity prosper march increase forward continue achievement thrive rise procession process move on move motion go ahead flourish come on come along build work up wax uplift unfolding transition succeed shape up progress well precede passage pass on

Topics progress topics

What do people use progress to talk about?
Grammar General words

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Person Healthy Sick

Recover from sickness

Conjugation progress conjugation

How do you conjugate progress?

progress · verb

Examples progress examples

How do I use progress in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He is making great progress in English.
She's making progress.
Tom wants a progress report right now.
I'll send you a progress report.
A little progress has been made.
The work is in progress.
There cannot be progress without communication.
People who are afraid of making mistakes will make no progress in English conversation.
The progress of science has brought about great change in our lives.
The obstacles to our progress have been removed at last.
Computer science has made rapid progress in our country.
How is the discovery related to the progress of science?
The ship made slow progress against the strong wind.
The student's progress is satisfactory.
Computers have made rapid progress.
The essay treats of the progress of cancer research.
You seem to have made considerable progress since I saw you last.
Compared to fifty years ago, today's aviation technology has made great progress.
In recent years, science has made remarkable progress.
Chemistry has made notable progress in recent years.
The students are making good progress in English.
Science has made remarkable progress.
If science makes progress, we'll be able to solve such problems.
The event was forgotten in progress of time.
You won't make any progress just studying on the weekends. It's meaningless unless you do it every day.
Progress is monitored daily and stored in a database.
There is no limit to human progress.

Movie subtitles

The mission president wants a written progress report from us this week!
A progress report?
Emergency escharotomies are in progress.
Look, guys, come on, our investors are gonna want to see some progress, and we haven't even come up with a name yet.
Little progress I hear.
They drink champagne to celebrate progress.
The progress of the world will not fail due to learned ignoramuses lacking in fantasy whose brains work in inverse proportion to their calcification -!
Well, you call it spoiling; we call it progress.
Once everything has been executed according to plan, the bank's alarms must be set off to simulate a burglary interrupted in progress.
YOU DON'T SEEM TO BE MAKING PROGRESS WITH MRS. TEASDALE, HUH?
The plants. I want to be advised of their progress every day, Mr Christian.
Progress.
Don't be too sure of progress.
What's to stop progress nowadays?
Yet, after a year and a halt he had not made much progress and then he did something wrong and the entire receiver caught fire.
We Saint-Simonians, who follow the teachings of our master, the late Count of Saint-Simon, a remarkable economist and philosopher, want to build a new society based on progress.
He went to the Polytechnique, so he must be in favor of progress.
Medicine is making progress.
We don't want to dominate you, but to bring you the benefits of civilization and progress.
Don't listen to him. You've made tremendous progress.
Only equality and progress can give Arabs their dignity back.
They don't want your progress.
We know France brings progress and we are grateful.
I represent progress, a sort of charity.
We're turning Algeria into a modern country bringing comfort to the colonists and progress to the natives.
It's the price of progress and of a fairer, modern society.
Humankind has given up on its evolutionary progress. Doing so ensures its self-destruction.
Odessa followed the progress of the uprising.
We have no choice but to make progress in spite of them.
Tokyo. city of culture and progress.
You don't seem to be making progress with Mrs. Teasdale. How?
That's fine progress.
These western people seem helpless in their restless pursuit of progress.
You call that progress?
They'll call me a vamp, public enemy, obstacle to progress.
The girls call me Pilgrim 'cause every time I dance with one, I make a little progress.
Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to the happiness of all.
The investigation is not making any progress.
A bottleneck in the progress of man.
No progress. Girl looking for romance. but you can't rush nature.

News and current affairs

For America, the Sanders bill marks important progress.
Progress in these areas would help governments to channel their spending more effectively toward those who would benefit the most.
Compared to public opinion in 1960, that's certainly an enormous progress.
A country that makes progress on human rights and commits to the change of behavior required to meet these international standards can also make a decisive turn toward a better future.
But we should not confuse these values with the other essential elements of progress, such as establishing liberalized trade regimes, creating institutional structures with a separation of powers, and rooting out corruption.
At the same time, the Commission's latest report on Turkey's progress toward accession notes that political reforms have slowed down, further calling into question the country's future EU membership.
The Commission's progress report will be dealt with by the European Council next month.
It gave Greek Cypriot leaders the possibility of blocking progress in negotiations between the EU and Turkey.
Therefore, the recent lack of progress in Turkey's reform process can to a large extent be explained by the EU's behavior.
Yet, despite this deeply ingrained skepticism about human nature, we embrace humanity's talent for progress and innovation, because we recognize man's ability to correct mistakes and errors.
A decade of significant progress in health outcomes has proved the skeptics wrong.
In effect, the political system would again be kicking the can down the road, with real progress on necessary fiscal reforms expected only after the November 2012 presidential election.
Over the long term, however, US policymakers must make steady progress in restoring confidence in the nation's fiscal health by cutting politically sacred programs like social security, Medicare, and defense.
Even this limited version would constitute progress; most of the gains arise from removing the red tape that complicates cross-border establishment of small and medium-size service enterprises and limits competition in broad sectors of the economy.
It is telling that Ashton has made progress exclusively in areas defined by ample consensus, such as the negotiations on Iran's nuclear program and the pact between Kosovo and Serbia.
In economic-development circles, experience and common sense suggest that progress, accountability, and hard work start with and depend on women.
Despite making some progress in investigating the complaints and referring them to the justice system, as well as in raising public awareness about the issue, the challenges remain huge.
Thus, despite some progress, public and official sensitivity to violence against women is only slowly emerging.
We have seen similarly encouraging progress elsewhere.
But progress is not to be confused with victory.
We all stand to lose from a reversal of the economic and social progress made across Africa in the past decade.
During the period of implementation, they carried out regular supervisory missions supplemented by quarterly progress reports and annual audits.
Islamic fundamentalists reckon that what the rest of us regard as the liberalizing influence of technological progress and globalization is a brash re-run of Western colonialism.
This holds promise of progress, but despite the brief fanfare and positive statements at the peace conference last November in Annapolis, Maryland, a retrogression has occurred in the process.

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