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progress
Found in thesaurus: development, motion, move, movement, travel, change of location, develop, go, locomote
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progress
v.
advance, move forward, gain, proceed
n.
headway, forward movement; development, advancement
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Progress
Progress may refer to:
History
- Progress (history), the idea that the world can become increasingly better in terms of science, technology, modernization, liberty, democracy, quality of life, etc.
- Social progress, the idea that societies can or do improve in terms of their social, political, and economic structures.
- Scientific progress, the idea that science increases its problem solving ability through the application of some scientific method.
- Philosophical progress, the idea that philosophy has solved or at least can solve some of the questions it studies.
- Idea of Progress, the theory that scientific progress drives social progress; that advances in technology, science, and social organization inevitably produce an improvement in the human condition.
- Progress trap, the condition societies find themselves in when human ingenuity, in pursuing progress, inadvertently introduces problems that it does not have the resources to solve, preventing further progress or inciting social collapse.
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progress
Noun
1. gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"
(synonym) advancement
(hypernym) development
(hyponym) forwarding, furtherance, promotion
(derivation) build up, work up, build
2. the act of moving forward toward a goal
(synonym) progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
(hyponym) push
(derivation) advance, pass on, move on, march on, go on
3. a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops"
(synonym) progression, advance
(hypernym) change of location, travel
(hyponym) headway, head
(derivation) advance, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Verb
1. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
(synonym) come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up
(antonym) regress, retrograde, retrogress
(hypernym) develop
(hyponym) climb
(derivation) advancement
2. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
(synonym) advance, pass on, move on, march on, go on
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) forge
(derivation) progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion
3. form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
(synonym) build up, work up, build
(hypernym) develop
(verb-group) build
(derivation) advancement
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Progress (der)
nm.
progress, development, advancement
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progress
v.
vyvíjet se; postupovat
n.
pokrok; postup; právě probíhat/se konat
