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Definition of progress verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    progress

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//prəˈɡrɛs//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they progress
     
     he / she / it progresses
     
     past simple progressed
     
     -ing form progressing
     
     
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  1. 1[intransitive] to improve or develop over a period of time; to make progress synonym advance The course allows students to progress at their own speed. Work on the new road is progressing slowly.
  2. 2[intransitive] + adv./prep. (formal) to move forward The line of traffic progressed slowly through the town. (figurative) Cases can take months to progress through the courts.
  3. 3[intransitive] to go forward in time synonym go on The weather became colder as the day progressed.
    4. Phrasal Verbsprogress to
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