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PROGRESS

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gradual improvement or growth or development

Example:

great progress in the arts

Synonyms:

advancement; progress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("progress" is a kind of...):

development (act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progress"):

forwarding; furtherance; promotion (the advancement of some enterprise)

stride (significant progress (especially in the phrase 'make strides'))

work flow; workflow (progress (or rate of progress) in work being done)

Derivation:

progress (develop in a positive way)

progress (form or accumulate steadily)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

Synonyms:

advance; advancement; forward motion; onward motion; procession; progress; progression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("progress" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progress"):

push (an effort to advance)

career; life history (the general progression of your working or professional life)

march (a steady advance)

clear sailing; easy going; plain sailing (easy unobstructed progress)

leapfrog (advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors)

Derivation:

progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A movement forward

Example:

he listened for the progress of the troops

Synonyms:

advance; progress; progression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("progress" is a kind of...):

change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progress"):

head; headway (forward movement)

Derivation:

progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Develop in a positive way

Example:

Plans are shaping up

Synonyms:

advance; come along; come on; get along; get on; progress; shape up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "progress" is one way to...):

develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "progress"):

climb (improve one's social status)

leapfrog (progress by large jumps instead of small increments)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Antonym:

regress (get worse or fall back to a previous condition)

Derivation:

progress (gradual improvement or growth or development)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Form or accumulate steadily

Example:

Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

Synonyms:

build; build up; progress; work up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "progress" is one way to...):

develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)

Verb group:

build; build up; ramp up; work up (bolster or strengthen)

build (develop and grow)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

progress (gradual improvement or growth or development)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

Example:

Time marches on

Synonyms:

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "progress" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "progress"):

elapse; glide by; go along; go by; lapse; pass; slide by; slip away; slip by (pass by)

rachet up; ratchet; ratchet down (move by degrees in one direction only)

edge; inch (advance slowly, as if by inches)

close in; draw in (advance or converge on)

overhaul; overtake; pass (travel past)

string; string along (move or come along)

plough on; press on; push on (continue moving forward)

encroach; impinge; infringe (advance beyond the usual limit)

creep up; sneak up (advance stealthily or unnoticed)

penetrate (make one's way deeper into or through)

forge (move ahead steadily)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

progress (the act of moving forward (as toward a goal))

progress (a movement forward)

progression (the act of moving forward (as toward a goal))

Credits

 Context examples: 

Then I shall drop you a line to let you know how we progress.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Their descent into the earth progressed at the rate of two or three inches an hour.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Slowly but steadily, the world has made progress against the disease.

(The Dog's Nose Knows Malaria, Kevin Enochs/VOA)

The function is p53 is to keep the cell from progressing through the cell cycle if there is damage to DNA present.

(p53 Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

I remained, while the storm lasted, watching its progress with curiosity and delight.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

G1 progress is controlled by de/phosphorylated cyclin/CDK complexes.

(Negative Regulation of G1 Phase, NCI Thesaurus)

A myeloid sarcoma that is responding to therapy, i.e. is not progressing and possibly regressing. —2003

(Myeloid Sarcoma in Remission, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal malignant growth of cells in the ureter (upper urinary tract)that has progressed to involve other areas of the body.

(Metastatic Neoplasm of the Ureter, NCI Thesaurus)

An important event in the progress, development, or history of something or in someone's life.

(Milestone, NCI Thesaurus)

I saw him no more until the evening, when he returned with a slow step and haggard face which assured me that he had made no great progress with his investigation.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)