progress

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English

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: prō'grĕs, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/
• (US) enPR: prä'grĕs, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑ.ɡɹɛs/, /-ɹəs/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹɛs/, [ˈp(ʰ)ɹoː.ɡɹɛs]
• Rhymes: -əʊɡɹɛs, -ɒɡɹɛs

Noun

progress (usually uncountable, plural progresses)

1. Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time. [from 15th c.]

2. Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth. [from 15th c.]
3. An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit. [from 15th c.]
4. (now rare) A journey forward; travel. [from 15th c.]
5. Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance. [from 16th c.]

Usage notes

• To make progress is often used instead of the verb progress. This allows complex modification of progress in ways that cannot be well approximated by adverbs modifying the verb. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

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Etymology 2

From the noun. Lapsed into disuse in the 17th century, except in the US. Considered an Americanism on reintroduction to use in the UK.

Pronunciation

• enPR: prəgrĕs', IPA^(key): /pɹəˈɡɹɛs/

Verb

progress (third-person singular simple present progresses, present participle progressing, simple past and past participle progressed)

1. (intransitive) To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
2. (intransitive) To develop.

   Societies progress unevenly.

   1. (by extension) To improve; to become better or more complete.
3. (transitive) To expedite.

Antonyms

• regress
• retrogress

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Further reading

• “progress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “progress”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin prōgressus (“an advance”), from the participle stem of prōgredī (“to go forward, advance, develop”), from pro- (“forth, before”) + gradi (“to walk, go”).

Pronunciation

Noun

progress m (1st declension)

1. progress (development, esp. to a higher, fuller, more advanced state; transition from a lower to a higher level)

   Synonyms: attīstība, evolūcija

   sociālais progress ― social progress

   cilvēces progress ― humanity's progress

   ražošanas efektivitātes paaugstināšanās pamats ir zinātniski tehniskais progress ― the basis for the increase in production effectivity is scientific and technical progress

   mākslas progress - tā nav vienkārša attīstība ― art progress: this is no simple evolution

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