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PROGRESS TO
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reach a goal
Example:
She may not make the grade
Synonyms:
get to; make; progress to; reach
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "progress to" is one way to...):
accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
Up to 25% of cases of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) progress to a B-cell malignancy or myeloma.
(Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, NCI Thesaurus)
Viral myocarditis may progress to an autoimmune phase and then to progressive cardiac dilatation.
(Dilated Cardiomyopathy Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
It usually affects adult Caucasians, is most often unilateral, and may progress to conjunctival melanoma.
(Conjunctival Primary Acquired Melanosis, NCI Thesaurus)
The condition can progress to a more serious disease involving inflammation, scarring and even liver cancer (called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH).
(High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Causes Lasting Harmful Effects on Liver, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Clinical course may progress to bone marrow failure or acute myeloid leukemia that is refractory to treatment.
(Alkylating Agent-Related Myelodysplastic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
NAFLD can progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), eventually leading to liver damage and scarring.
(NIH study sheds light on immune responses driving obesity-induced liver disease, National Institutes of Health)
Terms low grade and high grade PIN should be reserved for models in which the epithelial lesion has documented potential to progress to invasive carcinoma.
(Atypical Hyperplasia of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
If untreated, the clinical course may progress to malnutrition, anemia, osteoporosis and an increased risk of intestinal malignancies.
(Celiac Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
This, and the resumption of my ring, as well as of the bear's grease in moderation, are the last marks I can discern, now, in my progress to seventeen.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
No stream could be more convenient for navigation, since the prevailing wind is south-east, and sailing boats may make a continuous progress to the Peruvian frontier, dropping down again with the current.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
