progress

PROG'RESS, noun [Latin progressus, progedior; pro and gradior, to step or go. See Grade and Degree.] 1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward. A man makes a slow progress or a rapid progress on a journey; a ship makes slow progress against the tide. He watched the progress of the army on its march, or the progress of a star or comet. 2. A moving forward in growth; increase; as the progress of a plant or animal. 3. Advance in business of any kind; as the progress of a negotiation; the progress of arts. 4. Advance in knowledge; intellectual or moral improvement; proficiency. The student is commended for this progress in learning; the christian for his progress in virtue and piety. 5. Removal; passage from place to place. From Egypt arts their progress made to Greece. 6. A journey of state; a circuit. PROGRESS', verb intransitive To move forward in space; to pass; to proceed. Let me wipe off this honorable dew That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks. --Although the popular blast Hath rear'd thy name up to bestride a cloud, Or progress in the chariot of the sun. 1. To proceed; to continue onward in course. After the war had progressed for some time. 2. To advance; to make improvement.