progress

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Synonyms: progreso, progres, prowess, process, regress, profess, procuress, programs, ogress, progresses, prioress

Antonyms: progreso, progres, prowess, process, regress, profess, procuress, programs, ogress, progresses, prioress

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Noun

1. Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
   • Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.
2. Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
   • Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.
3. An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
4. A journey forward; travel.
5. Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
   • The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.

Verb

1. To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
   • Visitors progress through the museum at their own pace.
2. To develop.
   • Societies progress unevenly.
3. To improve; to become better or more complete.
4. To expedite.

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