I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , dramatic , excellent , genuine , good , great , impressive , real , remarkable , significant , substantial , tremendous
▪
We have made significant ~ in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
▪ limited , little
▪ fast , rapid , swift
▪ inexorable ( esp. BrE )
▪ slow , stately ( esp. BrE )
▪
We watched the ship's stately ~ out of the docks.
▪ adequate , satisfactory
▪ incremental , steady
▪ continued , further
▪ forward
▪ student
▪ academic , educational
▪ economic , evolutionary , industrial , medical , scientific , social , technical , technological
▪ human
▪ material
▪ moral , spiritual
VERB + PROGRESS
▪ achieve , make
▪ chart , follow , monitor , observe , trace , track , watch
▪
Regular tests enable the teacher to monitor the ~ of each child.
▪ assess , check , check on , evaluate , gauge , measure , review
▪ demonstrate , show
▪ see
▪ mark
▪ block , hamper , hinder , impede , obstruct , slow , slow down
▪ hold back
▪ halt , stop
▪ accelerate , facilitate
PROGRESS + VERB
▪ continue
▪ slow , stall
PROGRESS + NOUN
▪ report
▪ note (= written by a doctor about a patient) ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
There was a tennis match in ~.
▪ ~ from … to …
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The book traced his steady ~ from petty theft to serious crime.
▪ ~ in
▪
He's making good ~ in reading.
▪ ~ on
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How much ~ have the builders made on the house?
▪ ~ towards/toward
▪
Who can halt his inexorable ~ towards/toward yet another championship?
▪ ~ with
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She's making steady ~ with her thesis.
PHRASES
▪ a lack of ~
▪
I was frustrated by my apparent lack of ~.
▪ the march of ~
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the onward march of technological ~
▪ a rate of ~
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At the present rate of ~ we won't be finished before July.
▪ work in ~
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I have a file for work in ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ nicely , satisfactorily , smoothly , well
▪
The talks are ~ing very well.
▪ further
▪
He felt he still needed to ~ further in his learning.
▪ fast , quickly , rapidly
▪
to ~ rapidly in your career
▪ slowly
▪
The work is ~ing slowly.
▪ gradually , steadily
▪ normally
VERB + PROGRESS
▪ fail to
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond
▪
Samir failed to ~ beyond this first step on the ladder.
▪ from , through
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Students ~ through the stages of the course.
▪ to
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She soon ~ed from the basics to more difficult work.
▪ towards/toward
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to ~ towards/toward a new kind of art
▪ up
▪
his ambition to ~ up the career ladder
▪ with
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They are anxious to ~ with the plan.
Progress is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ afternoon , ↑ century , ↑ development , ↑ disease , ↑ evening , ↑ illness , ↑ morning , ↑ movie , ↑ night , ↑ pregnancy , ↑ relationship , ↑ story , ↑ war