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Meaning of progress


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  progress
      n 1: gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement
           of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" [syn:
           {advancement}, {progress}]
      2: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) [syn:
         {progress}, {progression}, {procession}, {advance},
         {advancement}, {forward motion}, {onward motion}] [ant:
         {retreat}]
      3: a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the
         troops" [syn: {progress}, {progression}, {advance}]
      v 1: develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school";
           "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn:
           {progress}, {come on}, {come along}, {advance}, {get on},
           {get along}, {shape up}] [ant: {regress}, {retrograde},
           {retrogress}]
      2: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches
         on" [syn: {advance}, {progress}, {pass on}, {move on}, {march
         on}, {go on}] [ant: {draw back}, {move back}, {pull away},
         {pull back}, {recede}, {retire}, {retreat}, {withdraw}]
      3: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's
         plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the
         Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: {build up}, {work up},
         {build}, {progress}]


WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu

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