progress

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Pronunciation[change]

  • (UK) enPR: prō'grĕs, IPA (key): /ˈprəʊɡrɛs/ or /ˈprɒɡrɛs/
  • (US) enPR: prä'grĕs or prō'grĕs, IPA (key): /ˈprɑɡrɛs/ or /ˈproʊɡrɛs/
noun
verb

Noun[change]

Singular
progress

Plural
none

Progress is on the Academic Vocabulary List.
  1. (uncountable) Progress is moving 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.

Verb[change]

Plain form
progress

Third-person singular
progresses

Past tense
progressed

Past participle
progressed

Present participle
progressing

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

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