Definition of progress
- n. - A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an
advance
- n. - In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage,
etc.
- n. - In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.
- n. - In business of any kind; as, the progress of a
negotiation; the progress of art.
- n. - In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child
at school.
- n. - Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of
quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the
race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress.
- n. - A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a
sovereign through parts of his own dominions.
- v. i. - To make progress; to move forward in space; to
continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as,
railroads are progressing.
- v. i. - To make improvement; to advance.
- v. t. - To make progress in; to pass through.