progress
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈprɑːɡrɛs/
- But in the last month, substantial progress has been made.
- make progress
- monitor progress
- track progress
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Watch on YouTubeThere's been so much progress in AI recently.
- There's been so much progress in AI recently.
- The greatest enemy of progress is your last success.
- You are the heirs to this gift of progress across time.
- Let's do big things not just to create progress, but to create purpose.
- And the progress I've made is off the charts.
- But when you look at what kind of progress this was, right?
- But in the last month, substantial progress has been made.
- If we feel no progress, that's a problem.
- And again, it's, it's an example of progress of our civilization.
- You can't undo the progress that you've made so far.
- What do you think real progress looks like to you in Hollywood?
- These standards could shape the progress towards fair globalization.
- But for Governor Leonard Wood, progress was still too slow.
Examples
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With every session, you are making good progress.
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There are clear signs of progress in Afghanistan, and coalition forces have regained the initiative.
Academic text (2011) -
And I see some signs of progress in that direction.
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The greatest enemy of progress is your last success.
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How do you explain this progress that happened so suddenly?
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This is the way real material progress actually happens.
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The private sector is where the most important scientific progress happens these days.
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We made progress and we'll continue on Friday.
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There's been so much progress in AI recently.
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The students showed remarkable progress in their reading abilities this semester.
Synonyms
789
2.5
A gradual change that makes something better or more advanced
562
1.1
A change that makes something better
282
2.8
Getting better at a task or skill you are working on
174
3.1
Progress toward a goal or a new discovery
102
4.1
Progress or growth that makes something better
72
3.8
A process of moving forward or developing over time
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5.6
Progress toward a goal, often slowly and with effort
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3.7
The act of going ahead toward a goal
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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8.8
A famous religious story about a man's long journey to find faith
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
progress = pro + gress
The prefix 'pro-' signals 'forward' which gives a clue to the meaning, but the root 'gress' is a non-standalone combining form (not a common English word), so learners get only a partial derivational clue.
Etymology
Progress comes from the Latin parts pro- 'forward' and gradus 'step'. Think of taking 'forward steps' toward a goal or a better state, which is why progress means moving forward or improving.