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progress

 
Noun progress has 3 senses
  1. advancement, progress - gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"
    --1 is a kind of development
    --1 has particulars:
     forwarding, furtherance, promotion; stride; work flow, workflow
    Derived forms: verb progress3, verb progress1
  2. progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion - the act of moving forward toward a goal
    --2 is a kind of motion, movement, move
    --2 has particulars:
     push; career, life history; march; plain sailing, clear sailing, easy going; leapfrog
    Derived form: verb progress2
  3. progress, progression, advance - a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops"
    --3 is a kind of change of location, travel
    --3 has particulars: headway, head
    Derived form: verb progress2
Verb progress has 3 senses
  1. progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
    --1 is one way to develop
    Antonyms: regress, retrograde, retrogress
    Derived form: noun progress1
    Sample sentences:
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  2. advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
    --2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived forms: noun progress2, noun progress3, noun progression3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  3. build up, work up, build, progress - form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
    --3 is one way to develop
    Derived form: noun progress1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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