progress

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from the participle stem of , from. Displaced native.

Noun

 * 1) Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
 * 2) Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
 * Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.
 * 1) An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
 * 2)  A journey forward; travel.
 * 3) Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
 * The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.
 * 1)  A journey forward; travel.
 * 2) Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
 * The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.
 * 1) Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
 * The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.
 * The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.

Usage notes

 * To make progress is often used instead of the verb progress. This allows complex modification of progress in ways that cannot be well approximated by adverbs modifying the verb. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: fremrykning
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , , , menossa , , kehityksessä
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃
 * Hungarian:
 * Latin: prōgressus
 * Malayalam:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: تَقَدُّم
 * Egyptian Arabic: تقدم
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, proqress, irəliləmə, irəliləyiş
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali:, ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: တိုးတက်ခြင်း
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 進步
 * Dungan: җинбу
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fremskridt
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: წინსვლა, პროგრესი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: προκοπή
 * Haitian Creole: pwogrè
 * Hebrew: הִתקַדְמוּת
 * Hindi:, , तरक़्क़ी
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: framför,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: прогресс, жақсарыс, озықтық, оңалыс, ілгерілік
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz: прогресс
 * Lao: ຄວາມກ້າວໜ້າ
 * Latin: prōgressus
 * Latvian: progress
 * Lithuanian: progresas, pažangà
 * Luxembourgish: Progrès, Fortschrëtt
 * Macedonian: напредок, прогрес
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:, പുരോഗമനം
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠯ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: framgang
 * Old English: forþgang
 * Pali: vaḍḍhana
 * Pashto: پرمختګ,
 * Persian:, , پِروگْرِس
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на̀предак, про̀грес
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: pokrok
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: pagsulong, sasulong
 * Tajik: пешрафт, прогресс, тараққӣ, тараққиёт
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, terakkî etme , , terakkiyat
 * Turkmen: progres, ýetişik
 * Ukrainian: прогре́с
 * Urdu: تَرَقّی
 * Uyghur: تەرەققىيات
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: (進步),
 * Walloon:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, ,


 * Arabic: تَقَدُّم
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: irəliləyiş, irəliləmə
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, posun
 * Danish: fremskridt
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kulg, edenemine
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: წინსვლა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Haitian Creole: pwogrè
 * Hebrew: הִתְקַדְּמוּת
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: forás
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Latvian: progress
 * Luxembourgish: Progrès, Fortschrëtt
 * Macedonian: напредок, прогрес
 * Malayalam: പുരോഗമനം
 * Maori: kaneke, kauneke
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: piseach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на̀предак, про̀грес
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pagsulong, sasulong
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: прогре́с
 * Vietnamese: (進步)
 * Walloon:

Etymology 2
From the noun. Lapsed into disuse in the 17th century, except in the US. Considered an Americanism on reintroduction to use in the UK.

Verb

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

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: avancere
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: prōficiō
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Thai:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: развивам се,
 * Danish: fuldende
 * Dutch: vorderingen maken
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:, σημειώνω πρόοδο
 * Ancient: προκόπτω
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: prōficiō
 * Malayalam: പുരോഗമിക്കുക
 * Maori: kaunekenga
 * Portuguese:
 * Thai: ,


 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * Ido:
 * Mandarin: ，
 * Spanish:

Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from, from the participle stem of , from +.

Noun

 * 1)  development, esp. to a higher, fuller, more advanced state; transition from a lower to a higher level