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Meaning of progress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs

Definitions

  1. A placename
  2. A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. Any of a series of Soviet, later Russian spacecraft.
  4. Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
    uncountable, usually
  5. advance
  6. Going on; under way: a work in progress.
  7. An unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Delaware County, Indiana, United States.
  8. Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
    uncountable, usually
  9. advance payment
  10. in progress, going on; under way.
  11. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Mississippi, United States.
  12. An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
    uncountable, usually
  13. preview, trailer
  14. To go forward, especially toward a conclusion:advance, come (along), get along, march, move, proceed.
  15. A former unincorporated community and neighborhood of Washington County, Oregon, United States, in the cities of Tigard and Beaverton.
  16. A journey forward; travel.
    archaic, uncountable, usually
  17. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  18. the progressive (tense) (also the continuous tense). The sentence `They were watching TV'. is in the progressive. besig صيغَة الفِعْل المُسْتَمِر продължително време progressivo průběhovost im Imperfekt udvidet tid ο χρόνος διαρκείας (γραμμ.) contínuo kestev aeg وجه استمراری kestomuoto זְמָן מְמוּשָך प्रगतिवादी व्यक्ति folyamatos (alak) kala sedang (forma progressiva) 진행형 eigos veikslas ilgstošais laiks progresif progressieve vorm samtidsform aspekt ciągły په جريان كى،د استمرارى حالت وجه прод...
    also
  19. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, lying in Susquehanna Township and Lower Paxton Township.
  20. Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
    uncountable, usually
  21. progressief باسْتِمْرار прогресивно progressivamente postupně fortschreitend gradvist προοδευτικάprogresivamente üha rohkem تدریجاً asteittain progressivementבהדרגה उत्तरोत्तर haladva, progresszív módon secara progresif stig af stigi progressivamente 段々 진행형의 palaipsniui progresīvi; augoši secara progresif vooruitstrevend, hoe langer hoe meer progressivt postępowo د پر مختګ په لور،په ارتقايى بڼه progressivamente (în mod) progresiv прогрессивно; постепенно postupne postopoma napredno progressiv...
  22. A programming language
  23. progressiwiteit تَقَدُّم، إسْتِمْرار прогресивност progressividade progresivita der Fortschritt fremskridtsvenlighed προοδευτικότητα progresividad edumeelsus پیشروی edistyneisyys progressivité הַדרָגָתִיוּת आधुनिकता, विकास, प्रगतिपन haladás, fejlődés, fokozatosság kemajuan stighækkun progressività 進歩性 진행형 pažangumas, progresyvumas progresīvums; progresivitāte progresifnya vooruitstrevendheid progressivitet, framskrittsvennlighet postępowość مخكي تلنه progressividade progresivitate прогрессивн...
  24. happening; taking place. There is a meeting in progress. tans besig جارٍ в развитие a decorrer v chodu im Werden i gang σε εξέλιξη en curso käimas در حال ادامه؛ در دست اقدام käynnissä en cours מִתנַהֵל, בְּעִיצוּמוֹ विकास में folyamatban berlangsung yfirstandandi in corso/atto ~中で 진행중인 vykstantis (tobrīd) notikt; norisināties sedang dijalankan aan de gangi gang, under utvikling, som skjer w toku د پرمختګ په درشل كى a decorrer în curs (de des­fă­şu­rare) происходить; иметь место práve prebieha...
  25. Forward or onward movement, as toward a destination: We made little progress on our way home because of the traffic.
  26. Development, advancement, or improvement, as toward a goal: The math students have shown great progress.
  27. A ceremonial journey made by a sovereign through his or her realm.

Equivalents

العربية التّقدّم تقدم
বাংলা তরক্কী
Català avenç progrés
Čeština pokrok posun
Deutsch Fortschritt
Esperanto progresi progreso
Español avance progreso
Eesti areng külg
Gaeilge foras
Gàidhlig piseach
Galego progreso
עברית התקדמות
Íslenska framsókn
日本語 進歩 進行
ខ្មែរ វឌ្ឍន
한국어 전진 진보 진행
Lietuvių pažanga
Latviešu progress
Македонски напредок
Монгол дэвшил
Bahasa Melayu kemajuan
မြန်မာဘာသာ တိုးတက်ခြင်း
Polski postęp
Română progres progresa
Slovenčina pokrok
Tagalog pagsulong
ئۇيغۇرچە تەرەققىيات
Українська прогрес
اردو ترقی
Oʻzbekcha taraqqiyot
Tiếng Việt tiền bo

Examples

“Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.”
“Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.”
“You wish for progress? The Ascians have it. They are deafened by it, crazed by the death of Nature till they are ready to accept Erebus and the rest as gods.”
“Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.”
“... Queen Elizabeth in one of her progresses, stopping at Crawley to breakfast, was so delighted with some remarkably fine Hampshire beer which was then presented to her by the Crawley of the day (a handsome gentleman with a trim beard and a good leg), that she forthwith erected Crawley into a borough to send two members to Parliament ...”
“With the king about to go on progress, the trials and executions were deliberately timed.”
“Now Tim began to be struck with these loitering progresses along the garden boundaries in the gloaming, and wondered what they boded.”
“The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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