progress

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: prog=ress
• COUNT in NET: 5 in 5 verses (in NT : 5 in 5 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

progress, n. [L. progressus, from progredi, p. p. progressus, to go forth or forward; pro forward + gradi to step, go: cf. F. progrès. See Grade.].

•  A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance  [1913 Webster]
•  A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.  [1913 Webster]

  "The king being returned from his progresse."  [1913 Webster]

progress, n. 

•  To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing.  Thackeray.  [1913 Webster]

  "Let me wipe off this honorable dew,
  That silverly doth progress on thy checks."  [1913 Webster]

  "They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt."  [1913 Webster]

  "The war had progressed for some time."  [1913 Webster]
•  To make improvement; to advance.  Bayard.  [1913 Webster]

  "If man progresses, art must progress too."  [1913 Webster]

progress, v. i. 

 To make progress in; to pass through.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

progress, n. & v.
--n.
1 forward or onward movement towards a destination.
2 advance or development towards completion, betterment, etc.; improvement (has made little progress this term; the progress of civilization).
3 Brit. archaic a State journey or official tour, esp. by royalty.
--v.
1 intr. move or be moved forward or onward; continue (the argument is progressing).
2 intr. advance or develop towards completion, improvement, etc. (science progresses).
3 tr. cause (work etc.) to make regular progress.

Idiom

in progress in the course of developing; going on. progress-chaser a person employed to check the regular progress of manufacturing work. progress report an account of progress made.

Etymology

ME f. L progressus f. progredi (as PRO-(1), gradi walk: (v.) readopted f. US after becoming obs. in Brit. use in the 17th c.

THESAURUS

progress

Brownian movement, Great Leap Forward, about-face, accomplishment, achieve success, advance, advancement, advancing, alchemy, ameliorate, amelioration, amend, amendment, amplification, amplify, anabasis, angular motion, arrive, ascend, ascending, ascent, assimilation, assumption, at work, axial motion, back, back up, backflowing, backing, backward motion, be a success, bear fruit, becoming, being done, bettering, betterment, bloom, blossom, blossoming, boost, break through, broaden, broadening, budge, burgeon, burgeoning, campaign, career, change, change place, change-over, circle, circuit, climb, climbing, clip, come along, come on, come through, commutation, commute, continualness, continuance, continuation, continue, continuity, conversion, course, cover ground, crossing, current, cut a swath, descend, descending, descent, develop, development, developmental change, do well, downward motion, drift, driftage, driftway, ebb, ebbing, elaboration, elevation, encouragement, endurance, enhancement, enjoy prosperity, enlarge, enlargement, enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, evolute, evolution, evolutionary change, evolve, evolvement, evolving, excursion, expand, expansion, expedition, explication, extend, extension, fare, fare forth, farewell, fetch, flight, flip-flop, flit, flow, flower, flowering, flux, forge ahead, forward motion, forwardal, forwarding, furtherance, furthering, gain, gain ground, gait, gang, gather head, gather way, get ahead, get along, get better, get on, get on swimmingly, get on well, get over, get there, get well, globe-trotting, go, go ahead, go along, go around, go far, go fast, go forward, go on, go places, go round, go sideways, go well, go-ahead, going, going on, gradual change, graduate, grand tour, grow, grow better, growth, gyrate, happening, have it made, headway, hie, improve, improvement, in operation, in progress, in the works, increase, jaunt, journey, journeying, junket, lapse, leeway, lengthening, lick, lift, locomotion, look up, maintenance, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good, make good time, make head against, make headway, make it, make progress, make progress against, make strides, make the scene, make up leeway, march, maturate, maturation, mature, meliorate, melioration, mellow, mend, mending, motion, mount, mounting, move, move along, move forward, move on, move over, movement, moving, natural development, natural growth, naturalization, nonviolent change, oblique motion, occurring, ongoing, onrush, onward course, outing, pace, package tour, pass, pass along, pass on, passage, peregrination, perk up, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, pick up, pickup, pilgrimage, pleasure trip, plunge, plunging, preferment, proceed, proceeding, proficiency, progression, progressiveness, prolongation, promotion, prosper, protraction, pursuance, radial motion, random motion, rate, re-formation, reconversion, recovery, reduction, reflowing, refluence, reflux, regress, regression, repetition, resolution, restoration, retrogress, retrogression, reversal, revival, ripen, ripening, rise, rising, roll, roll on, rolling, rolling on, rotate, round trip, rubberneck tour, run, rush, safari, sally, sashay, set, shape up, shift, shoot, show improvement, sideward motion, sink, sinking, skyrocket, soaring, spin, spread, stalk, staying power, steerageway, stem, step, step forward, sternway, stir, straight course, stream, stride, subside, subsiding, succeed, sustained action, sustenance, switch, switch-over, take off, taking place, tour, tourism, touristry, traject, trajet, transformation, transit, transition, travel, traveling, tread, trek, trend, trip, turn, turn out well, turning into, under way, unfolding, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, upbeat, upgrade, upgrowth, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility, upward motion, volte-face, voyage, wane, wax, way, wayfare, wend, whirl

ROGET THESAURUS

progress

Conversion

N conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation, evolution, sea change, change of state, assumption, naturalization, transportation, development, developing, conversion of currency, exchange of currency, exchange rate, bureau de change, chemistry, alchemy, progress, growth, lapse, flux, passage, transit, transition, transmigration, shifting, phase, conjugation, convertibility, crucible, alembic, caldron, retort, convert, pervert, renegade, apostate, converted into, convertible, resolvable into, transitional, naturalized, gradually, &c (slowly) 275 in transitu.

Motion

N motion, movement, move, going, unrest, stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir, evolution, kinematics, telekinesis, step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity, clip, progress, locomotion, journey, voyage, transit, restlessness, mobility, movableness, motive power, laws of motion, mobilization, moving, in motion, transitional, motory, motive, shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet, restless, nomadic, erratic, under way, on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march, eppur si muove, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.

Progression

N progress, progression, progressiveness, advancing, advance, advancement, ongoing, flood, tide, headway, march, rise, improvement, advancing, progressive, profluent, advanced, forward, onward, forth, on, ahead, under way, en route for, on one's way, on the way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to, in progress, in mid progress, in transitu, vestigia nulla retrorsum, westward the course of empire takes its way.

VB advance, proceed, progress, get on, get along, get over the ground, gain ground, forge ahead, jog on, rub on, wag on, go with the stream, keep one's course, hold on one's course, go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead, make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way, make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides, go ahead, shoot ahead, distance, make up leeway.