Definitions for progress

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progress prog·ress

Spelling: [noun prog-res, -ruh s or, esp. British, Progress is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 184 anagrams from letters in progress (egoprrss).

Definitions for progress

noun

1. a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage:
2. developmental activity in science, technology, etc., especially 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:
5. the development of an individual or society in a direction considered more beneficial than and superior to the previous level.
6. Biology. increasing differentiation and perfection in the course of ontogeny or phylogeny.
7. forward or onward movement:
8. the forward course of action, events, time, etc.
9. an official journey or tour, as by a sovereign or dignitary.

Idioms

1. in progress, going on; under way; being done; happening:

verb (used without object)

1. to go forward or onward in space or time:
2. to grow or develop, as in complexity, scope, or severity; advance:

Origin of progress

1400-50; late Middle English progresse (noun) Latin prōgressus a going forward, equivalent to prōgred-, stem of prōgredī to advance (prō- pro-¹ + -gredī, co

Examples for progress

From this point the progress will be best narrated by extracts from my Diary.

We talked of progress; but progress, like the philosopher's stone, could not be easily attained.

“I thought I could progress in a much quicker pace and in much more meaningful ways if I was here,” she explained.

We are committed to the community, dedicated to progress, and policing with respect.

The fact that many African Americans fear the police more than our white counterparts says our nation is still a work in progress.

France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.

If one were not a scientist one might be tempted to say there is no progress.

Prehistoric man, as I just told you, was on a fair way to progress.

From this strength we have contributed to the recovery and progress of the world.

Also this week, he keynoted a fundraiser for progress Iowa, an influential liberal group in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.