The noun is pronounced /proʊgres, AM prɑ:-/. The verb is pronounced /prəgres/.
( progressed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Progress is the process of gradually improving or getting nearer to achieving or completing something.
The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer...
The two sides made little if any progress towards agreement.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
The progress of a situation or action is the way in which it develops.
The Chancellor is reported to have been delighted with the progress of the first day’s talks...
N-SING : the N , oft N of n
3.
To progress means to move over a period of time to a stronger, more advanced, or more desirable state.
He will visit once a fortnight to see how his new staff are progressing...
He started with sketching and then progressed to painting.
VERB : V , V to n
4.
If events progress , they continue to happen gradually over a period of time.
As the evening progressed, sadness turned to rage...
VERB : V
5.
If you progress something, you cause it to develop. ( FORMAL )
Very little was done to progress the case in the first 10 or so months after K was charged.
VERB : V n
6.
If something is in progress , it has started and is still continuing.
The game was already in progress when we took our seats...
PHRASE