prog·ress
/ˈpräɡrəs/
noun: progress
plural noun: progresses
verb: progress
3rd person present: progresses
past tense: progressed
past participle: progressed
gerund or present participle: progressing
forward or onward movement toward a destination.
- advance or development toward a better, more complete, or more modern condition.
- archaic•British
a state journey or official tour, especially by royalty.
/prəˈɡres/
move forward or onward in space or time.
- advance or develop toward a better, more complete, or more modern state.
Phrases
in progress — in the course of being done or carried out.
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 century and was readopted from American English in the early 19th century.
