📈progress

noun, verb
/ˈprəʊɡrɛs/ (noun), /prəˈɡrɛs/ (verb)

Meaning

forward movement toward a destination or improvement in a condition
Forward or onward movement towards a destination or a more advanced state.

Example Sentences

The students made great progress in their studies.

Progress in recycling technologies can tackle pollution.

Example Expressions

work in progress

Synonyms

advance, development, improvement, growth, headway, advancement
Entry 1
advance, development, improvement, growth, headway
Entry 2
advancement, improvement

Antonyms

regression, decline, setback
Entry 1
regression, decline, setback
Entry 2
regression, decline

Collocations

make progress, rapid progress, steady progress, slow progress

More Example Sentences

Will the progress of American education system be helped in any way?

Father: Robi come here, sit down, how is the progress of your studies?

Father: John come here, sit down, how is the progress of your studies?

Some of my friends read there. Their progress is much more than that of mine.

It will be possible to make great progress of the USA by utilising the hands of 300 million people.

It will be possible to make a great progress of the USA by utilising the hands of 300 million people.

It will be possible to make a great progress of this country by utilising the hands of sixteen crore people.

A woman starts jogging every morning in the park near her apartment to improve her health and lose some weight and she begins with a slow fifteen-minute run gradually increasing the distance each week while listening to her favorite music through earphones and tracking her progress with a fitness app

A woman starts jogging every morning in the park near her apartment to improve her health and lose some weight and she begins with a slow fifteen-minute run gradually increasing the distance each week while listening to her favorite music through earphones and tracking her progress with a fitness app until she feels strong enough to join a local running group

A woman starts jogging every morning in the park near her apartment to improve her health and lose some weight and she begins with a slow fifteen-minute run gradually increasing the distance each week while listening to her favorite music through earphones and tracking her progress with a fitness app until she feels strong enough to join a local running group that trains together for a charity race every spring.

Related Vocabularies

an agreement between two or more parties; something bought at a good price
a rigid bar used to move or lift heavy objects; to move something using leverage.
A legal permission to do something (noun); to grant such permission (verb).
a planned or skillful movement or action; to move skillfully or carefully
the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
A sloping edge or surface; to cut or shape an edge at an angle.

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