Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.

    Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.

    продвиже́ниеprodvižénije

  2. (uncountable, usually)Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.

    Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.

    Fortschritt

    прогре́ссprogréss

    прогре́сprohrés

    gradual improvement or growth or development

  3. (uncountable, usually)An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.

  4. (uncountable, usually)Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.

    The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.

    Fortschritt

    прогре́ссprogréss, продвиже́ниеprodvižénije

    прогре́сprohrés

  5. (archaic, uncountable, usually)A journey forward; travel.

    a movement forward

Examples

708 sentences
  1. You seem to be making progress.

    Ви, здається, робите успіхи.

    ruВы, кажется, делаете успехи.

    deDu scheinst Fortschritte zu machen.

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  2. Tom and Mary are making progress.

    Том із Мері прогресують.

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  3. It's still a work in progress.

    Це і далі в процесі.

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  4. He has made rapid progress in English.

    Він швидко досяг прогресу в англійській.

    deEr hat schnell Fortschritte im Englischen gemacht.

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  5. Are you making progress?

    У тебе є прогрес?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
advancement to a more developed state:
Русский
By meaning 2
movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time:
advancement to a more developed state:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
advancement to a more developed state:

Origin

From Middle English progresse, from Old French progres (“a going forward”), from Latin prō

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.

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Forms

plural: progresses
Singularprogress

uncountable

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • making progress
  • making some progress
  • made much progress
  • made remarkable progress
  • is making progress
  • remarkable progress in
  • made any progress
  • remarkable progress
  • making good progress
  • some progress
  • lot of progress
  • much progress

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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