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English noun: progress | |||
| 1. | progress (act) gradual improvement or growth or development | ||
| Samples | Advancement of knowledge. Great progress in the arts. | ||
| Synonyms | advancement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | development | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | forwarding, furtherance, promotion, stride, work flow, workflow | ||
| 2. | progress (act) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | ||
| Synonyms | advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progression | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | career, clear sailing, easy going, leapfrog, life history, march, plain sailing, push | ||
| Antonyms | retreat | ||
| 3. | progress (event) a movement forward | ||
| Samples | He listened for the progress of the troops. | ||
| Synonyms | advance, progression | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of location, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | head, headway | ||
English verb: progress | |||
| 1. | progress (change) develop in a positive way | ||
| Samples | He progressed well in school. My plants are coming along. Plans are shaping up. | ||
| Synonyms | advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, shape up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | develop | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | climb, leapfrog | ||
| Antonyms | retrogress, regress, retrograde | ||
| 2. | progress (motion) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | ||
| Samples | Time marches on. | ||
| Synonyms | advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | close in, creep up, draw in, edge, elapse, encroach, forge, glide by, go along, go by, impinge, inch, infringe, lapse, overhaul, overtake, pass, pass, penetrate, plough on, press on, push on, rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down, slide by, slip away, slip by, sneak up, string, string along | ||
| Antonyms | draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire | ||
| 3. | progress (change) form or accumulate steadily | ||
| Samples | Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly. Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border. | ||
| Synonyms | build, build up, work up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | develop | ||
| Verb group | build, build, build up, ramp up, work up | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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