to making progress
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2.8
- phrasal verb
- But slowly but surely we are making progress bit by bit.
- make significant progress
- make steady progress
- make much progress
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Watch on YouTubeSo yeah, resistance is not a way to make progress, right, right.
- So yeah, resistance is not a way to make progress, right, right.
- And we have made tremendous progress in those three areas.
- But we've made some progress here in this paragraph.
- Make progress, make progress, and you will feel amazing.
- Maybe you cut yourself off from making progress along the Stoic path.
- It has to continually make progress in morality.
- Get after it to make progress and to fail forward.
- I struggle with the same issue and won't make progress because I fear being wrong.
- I thought, I think we are making a little progress on that front.
- But I, I want to make the most progress I am capable of.
- So like I actually made a lot of progress, but nothing's booked yet.
- She goes, no, I said, great, we've made progress in our first session, right?
- And so you can, you can quickly make progress if you just tell yourself the truth.
- You can start making progress basically right away.
- It's like every day we're making progress and it's kind of the same story.
- And we definitely have been making progress on that this year.
Examples
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You know, I believe we're making progress.
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After a few weeks, you will notice that you are making progress in your studies.
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I thought, I think we are making a little progress on that front.
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With every session, you are making good progress.
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I thought we were making progress.
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Oh, we're making great progress!
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If that is the case, students may be making similar progress and learning similar things.
Academic text (2013) -
I will say that the young man is making excellent progress, which just goes to show.
Fiction book (1996) -
Teachers described him as making strong progress during the year of this study.
Academic text (2013) -
I know it doesn't feel like it, but we're making progress.
Synonyms
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1.0
To move forward slowly while making steady progress
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1.4
Becoming better over time
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3.1
To keep making progress despite problems
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3.5
To make slow progress when it is difficult
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3.4
Moving forward or making progress slowly and steadily
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7.6
To make steady progress toward a goal by taking small needed steps
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'advancing or improving' is directly and compositionally derived from 'making' (causing or producing) + 'progress' (forward movement or improvement); the phrase simply describes causing progress. This is a common, cross-linguistic combinatory pattern and follows standard English verb + noun gerundal constructions, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase making progress comes from the simple image of moving forward: making small steps and progress as you go along a path. So it means 'moving forward' or 'improving' in a task.