progress

progress

OPAL WOPAL S

/ˈprəʊɡres/

1 the process of improving or developing, or of getting nearer to achieving or completing something

I think we're making progress.

We will continue to monitor progress over the next few months.

economic/scientific/technological progress

rapid/good progress

We hope to see some real progress by March.

progress in something James is making steady progress in his recovery.

progress in doing something Police are making significant progress in fighting computer crime.

The two sides have made very slow progress in resolving the dispute.

progress on something There's been no sign of progress on this issue.

progress towards something The company is making progress towards this target.

They asked for a progress report on the building work.

Collocations Dictionary

adjective

considerabledramaticexcellent…

verb + progress

achievemakechart…

progress + verb

continueslowstall…

progress + noun

reportnote

preposition

in progressprogress from… to…progress in…

phrases

a lack of progress

the march of progress

a rate of progress…

2 ​movement forwards or towards a place

She watched his slow progress down the steep slope.

There wasn't much traffic so we made good progress.

We watched the ship's stately progress out of the docks.

Idioms

progress

/prəˈɡres/

The course allows students to progress at their own speed.

Work on the new road is progressing slowly.

Things are progressing well.

progress in something to progress rapidly in your career

progress with something They are anxious to progress with the plan.

progress to something She started off playing the recorder and then progressed to the clarinet.

progress from something to something He soon progressed from the basics to more difficult work.

Collocations

adverb

verb + progress

fail to

preposition

The line of traffic progressed slowly through the town.

(figurative) Cases can take months to progress through the courts.

The weather became colder as the day progressed.

The visiting team's confidence increased as the game progressed.

Word Origin

late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin progressus ‘an advance’, from the verb progredi, from pro- ‘forward’ + gradi ‘to walk’. The verb became obsolete in British English use at the end of the 17th cent. and was readopted from American English in the early 19th cent.