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.