progress
Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in timeMovement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
» You seem to be making progress.
Du scheinst Fortschritte zu machen. — Zaghawa
Es sieht so aus, als machtet ihr Fortschritte. — Zaghawa
Sie machen anscheinend Fortschritte. — Zaghawa
Вы, кажется, делаете успехи. — marafon
Ты, кажется, делаешь успехи. — marafon
Вы, похоже, делаете успехи. — marafon
Ты, похоже, делаешь успехи. — marafon
Ви, здається, робите успіхи. — rmdas
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(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
(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
(uncountable, usually)An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
(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
(archaic, uncountable, usually)A journey forward; travel.
a movement forward
Examples
708 sentencesYou seem to be making progress.
Ви, здається, робите успіхи. — rmdas
ruВы, кажется, делаете успехи. — marafon
deDu scheinst Fortschritte zu machen. — Zaghawa
Tom and Mary are making progress.
Том із Мері прогресують. — deniko
It's still a work in progress.
Це і далі в процесі. — deniko
He has made rapid progress in English.
Він швидко досяг прогресу в англійській. — Teashrock
deEr hat schnell Fortschritte im Englischen gemacht. — Dejo
Are you making progress?
У тебе є прогрес? — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English progresse, from Old French progres (“a going forward”), from Latin prōFrom 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| Singular | progress |
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uncountable
Synonyms
6 synonyms- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal):progressionprocessionadvanceadvancementforward motiononward motion
- a movement forward:progressionadvance
- gradual improvement or growth or development:advancement
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Make or do — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.