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Progress
/prəˈɡres/
Movement forward or improvement towards a goal or a better state.
Synonyms:
advance
development
growth
improvement
evolution
Antonyms:
regression
retreat
decline
stagnation
Examples:
She made
progress
in her English class.
The project is making good
progress
this year.
Etymology:
From Latin
progressus
meaning
a going forward
, from
progredi
meaning
to go ahead, advance
, from
pro-
meaning
forward
and
gradi
meaning
to step
.
Usage Statistics:
57 mentions per 1 million words
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