Dictionary entry details
• PROGRESS (noun)
Meaning:
Gradual improvement or growth or development
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
progress; advancement
Context examples:
advancement of knowledge / great progress in the arts
Hypernyms ("progress" is a kind of...):
development (act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progress"):
forwarding; furtherance; promotion (the advancement of some enterprise)
stride (significant progress (especially in the phrase)
work flow; workflow (progress (or rate of progress) in work being done)
Meaning:
The act of moving forward toward a goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
onward motion; forward motion; progress; advancement; procession; progression; advance
Hypernyms ("progress" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progress"):
push (an effort to advance)
career; life history (the general progression of your working or professional life)
march (a steady advance)
clear sailing; easy going; plain sailing (easy unobstructed progress)
leapfrog (advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors)
Meaning:
A movement forward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
advance; progression; progress
Context example:
he listened for the progress of the troops
Hypernyms ("progress" is a kind of...):
change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progress"):
head; headway (forward movement)
• PROGRESS (verb)
Meaning:
Develop in a positive way
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
shape up; progress; come along; get along; come on; get on; advance
Context examples:
He progressed well in school / My plants are coming along / Plans are shaping up
Hypernyms (to "progress" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "progress"):
climb (improve one's social status)
leapfrog (progress by large jumps instead of small increments)
Sentence frames:
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Antonym:
regress (get worse or fall back to a previous condition)
Meaning:
Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
advance; march on; move on; progress; go on; pass on
Context example:
Time marches on
Hypernyms (to "progress" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "progress"):
rachet up; ratchet; ratchet down (move by degrees in one direction only)
edge; inch (advance slowly, as if by inches)
close in; draw in (advance or converge on)
overhaul; overtake; pass (travel past)
string; string along (move or come along)
plough on; press on; push on (continue moving forward)
encroach; impinge; infringe (advance beyond the usual limit)
creep up; sneak up (advance stealthily or unnoticed)
penetrate (make one's way deeper into or through)
forge (move ahead steadily)
elapse; glide by; go along; go by; lapse; pass; slide by; slip away; slip by (pass by)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Form or accumulate steadily
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
work up; build up; build; progress
Context examples:
Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly / Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
Hypernyms (to "progress" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
Sentence frame:
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