progress en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- prō'grĕs (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-ɹəs/ (General-American)
- [ˈp(ʰ)ɹoː.ɡɹɛs] (Canada)
- /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (UK) audio
- prä'grĕs (General-American)
- [ˈpɹɐʉ.ɡɹes] (Australia)
- /ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹɛs/ (Canada)
- /ˈpɹɐʉ.ɡɹes/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈpɹəʉ.ɡɹes/ (Australia)
- /ˈpɹɑ.ɡɹɛs/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English progresse, from Old French progres (“a going forward”), from Latin prōgressus (“an advance”), from the participle stem of prōgredī (“to go forward, advance, develop”), from pro- (“forth, before”) + gradi (“to walk, go”). Displaced native Old English forþgang.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.
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(uncountable, usually) Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.
You wish for progress? The Ascians have it. They are deafened by it, crazed by the death of Nature till they are ready to accept Erebus and the rest as gods.
1983, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXVIII, in The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun; 4), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 239:Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
2012 January 14, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60:
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(uncountable, usually) An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
... Queen Elizabeth in one of her progresses, stopping at Crawley to breakfast, was so delighted with some remarkably fine Hampshire beer which was then presented to her by the Crawley of the day (a handsome gentleman with a trim beard and a good leg), that she forthwith erected Crawley into a borough to send two members to Parliament ...
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 7, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:With the king about to go on progress, the trials and executions were deliberately timed.
2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 124:
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(archaic, uncountable, usually) A journey forward; travel.
Now Tim began to be struck with these loitering progresses along the garden boundaries in the gloaming, and wondered what they boded.
1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
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(uncountable, usually) Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| progresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
antiprogress · practice makes progress · unprogress · anti-progress · progressist · progressor · progressophobe · progress bar · in progress · cross-progress · nonprogress · progressless · royal progress · work in progress · pilgrim's progress · progress report
Translations (206)
kk ілгерілік (advancement to a more developed state) · de Fortschritt (movement onwards or forwards) · fi eteneminen (movement onwards or forwards) · vi sự tiến bộ (advancement to a more developed state) · sh про̀грес (advancement to a more developed state) · et kulg (movement onwards or forwards) · it progresso (advancement to a more developed state) · fr progrès (advancement to a more developed state) · bn তরক্কী (advancement to a more developed state) · hi प्रगति (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · uk прогре́с (movement onwards or forwards) · ht pwogrè (movement onwards or forwards) · uz progress (advancement to a more developed state) · tg пешрафт (advancement to a more developed state) · hi तरक़्क़ी (advancement to a more developed state) · nl vooruitgang (movement onwards or forwards) · az irəliləmə (movement onwards or forwards) · ml പുരോഗതി (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · et areng (advancement to a more developed state) · mk напредок (advancement to a more developed state) · tg тараққӣ (advancement to a more developed state) · nl vooruitgang (advancement to a more developed state) · ml പുരോഗമനം (movement onwards or forwards) · sv framsteg (movement onwards or forwards) · he הִתְקַדְּמוּת (movement onwards or forwards) · ar تَقَدُّم (advancement to a more developed state) · tk progres (advancement to a more developed state) · pl postęp (movement onwards or forwards) · ru продвиже́ние (movement onwards or forwards) · sh на̀предак (movement onwards or forwards) · et edenemine (movement onwards or forwards) · fr progrès (movement onwards or forwards) · hu előrehaladás (movement onwards or forwards) · az irəliləyiş (advancement to a more developed state) · ug تەرەققىيات (advancement to a more developed state) · mi kauneke (movement onwards or forwards) · sq progres (advancement to a more developed state) · ps ترقي (advancement to a more developed state) · hi उन्नति (movement onwards or forwards) · el εξέλιξη (movement onwards or forwards) · sh про̀грес (movement onwards or forwards) · km វឌ្ឍន (advancement to a more developed state) · kk оңалыс (advancement to a more developed state) · ky прогресс (advancement to a more developed state) · cmn 進步 /进步 (movement onwards or forwards) · bg напре́дък (advancement to a more developed state) · nl voortgang (movement onwards or forwards) · ka წინსვლა (advancement to a more developed state) · pl postęp (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · hu haladás (movement onwards or forwards) · ko 진행 (movement onwards or forwards) · nb framgang (advancement to a more developed state) · eo progreso (movement onwards or forwards) · bg прогре́с (advancement to a more developed state) · tl sasulong (advancement to a more developed state) · fr amélioration (movement onwards or forwards) · prs تَرَقِّی (advancement to a more developed state) · nan-hbl 進步 /进步 (advancement to a more developed state) · bn প্রগতি (advancement to a more developed state) · fa-ira پِروگْرِس (advancement to a more developed state) · tl pagsulong (advancement to a more developed state) · yue 進步 /进步 (advancement to a more developed state) · fi edistyminen (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · tl pagsulong (movement onwards or forwards) · lt progresas (advancement to a more developed state) · fi vierailu (official journey) · mk прогрес (movement onwards or forwards) · ota ترقی (advancement to a more developed state) · fi edistys (advancement to a more developed state) · hi विकास (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · fi matka (journey forward; travel) · es progreso (movement onwards or forwards) · ka პროგრესი (advancement to a more developed state) · prs پیشْرَفْت (advancement to a more developed state) · la prōgressus (advancement to a more developed state) · da fremrykning (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · gd piseach (movement onwards or forwards) · ro progres (advancement to a more developed state) · da fremskridt (movement onwards or forwards) · wa progrès (advancement to a more developed state) · ka წინსვლა (movement onwards or forwards) · ms kemajuan (advancement to a more developed state) · tr ilerleme (advancement to a more developed state) · hy առաջընթաց (advancement to a more developed state) · fi kulkeminen (journey forward; travel) · pt progresso (advancement to a more developed state) · bg напре́дване (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · pt progresso (movement onwards or forwards) · lv progress (advancement to a more developed state) · ru прогре́сс (movement onwards or forwards) · ja 進歩 (advancement to a more developed state) · arz تقدم (advancement to a more developed state) · tr terakkî etme (advancement to a more developed state) · hu folyamat (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · fi edistys (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · wa progrès (movement onwards or forwards) · be прагрэ́с (advancement to a more developed state) · sv framryckning (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · ja 進歩 (movement onwards or forwards) · io progreso (movement onwards or forwards) · tr terakki (advancement to a more developed state) · ur تَرَقّی (advancement to a more developed state) · fi kehityksessä (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · sh nàpredak (advancement to a more developed state) · ko 전진 (movement onwards or forwards) · fi valtiovierailu (official journey) · az irəliləyiş (movement onwards or forwards) · sv framgång (advancement to a more developed state) · vi tiến bộ (advancement to a more developed state) · tr terakkiyat (advancement to a more developed state) · hi उन्नति (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · bg ход (journey forward; travel) · sh на̀предак (advancement to a more developed state) · ca progrés (advancement to a more developed state) · sl napredek (advancement to a more developed state) · pi vaḍḍhana (advancement to a more developed state) · cs pokrok (movement onwards or forwards) · gl progreso (movement onwards or forwards) · kmr pêşketin (advancement to a more developed state) · hu fejlődés (advancement to a more developed state) · cs posun (movement onwards or forwards) · bn উন্নতি (advancement to a more developed state) · de Fortschritt (advancement to a more developed state) · is framsókn (advancement to a more developed state) · lt pažangà (advancement to a more developed state) · mn дэвшил (advancement to a more developed state) · az tərəqqi (advancement to a more developed state) · sv framsteg (advancement to a more developed state) · pl postęp (advancement to a more developed state) · ht pwogrè (advancement to a more developed state) · fi menossa (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · ang forþgang (advancement to a more developed state) · hi प्रगति (advancement to a more developed state) · ja 進行 (movement onwards or forwards) · tl sasulong (movement onwards or forwards) · ar تَقَدُّم (movement onwards or forwards) · th การพัฒนา (advancement to a more developed state) · bg напре́дък (movement onwards or forwards) · hy առաջընթաց (movement onwards or forwards) · nl vordering (movement onwards or forwards) · tg прогресс (advancement to a more developed state) · ca progrés (movement onwards or forwards) · hi उन्नति (advancement to a more developed state) · ga forás (movement onwards or forwards) · lb Progrès (advancement to a more developed state) · sk pokrok (advancement to a more developed state) · nl voortgang (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · tk ýetişik (advancement to a more developed state) · ru продвиже́ние (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · lo ຄວາມກ້າວໜ້າ (advancement to a more developed state) · sh nàpredak (movement onwards or forwards) · az irəliləmə (advancement to a more developed state) · sh prògres (movement onwards or forwards) · cs pokrok (advancement to a more developed state) · hu haladás (advancement to a more developed state) · el πρόοδος (movement onwards or forwards) · mn ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠯ (advancement to a more developed state) · el πρόοδος (advancement to a more developed state) · my တိုးတက်ခြင်း (advancement to a more developed state) · dng җинбу (advancement to a more developed state) · fa-ira تَرَقّی (advancement to a more developed state) · lv progress (movement onwards or forwards) · cmn 進步 /进步 (advancement to a more developed state) · he הִתקַדְמוּת (advancement to a more developed state) · lb Progrès (movement onwards or forwards) · ko 진보 (movement onwards or forwards) · kk жақсарыс (advancement to a more developed state) · fa-ira پیشْرَفْت (advancement to a more developed state) · lb Fortschrëtt (movement onwards or forwards) · mk прогрес (advancement to a more developed state) · it progresso (movement onwards or forwards) · ko 진보 (advancement to a more developed state) · fi kulku (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · fi kulku (movement onwards or forwards) · az proqress (advancement to a more developed state) · sh prògres (advancement to a more developed state) · kk прогресс (advancement to a more developed state) · hi विकास (advancement to a more developed state) · is framför (advancement to a more developed state) · ps پرمختګ (advancement to a more developed state) · tr ilerleme (movement onwards or forwards) · fi kehitys (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · ml പുരോഗമനം (advancement to a more developed state) · tg тараққиёт (advancement to a more developed state) · ru прогре́сс (advancement to a more developed state) · eo progreso (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · uz taraqqiyot (advancement to a more developed state) · kk озықтық (advancement to a more developed state) · fi kulku (journey forward; travel) · ml പുരോഗതി (advancement to a more developed state) · got 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · lb Fortschrëtt (advancement to a more developed state) · mk напредок (movement onwards or forwards) · da fremskridt (advancement to a more developed state) · et progress (advancement to a more developed state) · ca avenç (advancement to a more developed state) · grc προκοπή (advancement to a more developed state) · cmn 進行 /进行 (movement onwards or forwards) · la prōgressus (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · mi kaneke (movement onwards or forwards) · fi eteneminen (movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time) · kmr pêşveçûn (advancement to a more developed state) · es progreso (advancement to a more developed state) · uk прогре́с (advancement to a more developed state) · hi प्रगति (movement onwards or forwards) · vi tiến bộ (movement onwards or forwards)