English > progress: 6 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The act of moving forward (as toward a goal). |
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| Synonyms | progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion |
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| Narrower | career, life history | The general progression of your working or professional life |
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| leapfrog | Advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors |
| march | A steady advance |
| plain sailing, clear sailing, easy going | Easy unobstructed progress |
| push | An effort to advance |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
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| Opposite | retreat | The act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) |
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| Spanish | adelantamiento, avance, evolución, progresión, progreso |
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| Catalan | avançament, avanç, avenç, evolució, progrés, progressió |
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| Verbs | progress | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
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English > progress: 6 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | Develop in a positive way. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
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| Example | "He progressed well in school" |
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| Synonyms | come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up |
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| Narrower | climb | improve one's social status |
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| leapfrog | progress by large / large jumps instead of small increments |
| Broader | develop | Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment |
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| Opposite | regress, retrograde, retrogress | get worse or fall back to a previous condition |
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| Spanish | anticipar, avanzar, progresar |
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| Catalan | anticipar, avançar, progressar |
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| Nouns | progress | gradual improvement or growth or development |
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English > progress: 6 senses > verb 2, motion| Meaning | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
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| Synonyms | advance, pass on, move on, march on, go on |
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| Entailed by | approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near | Move towards |
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| Narrower | close in, draw in | Advance or converge on |
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| creep up, sneak up | Advance stealthily or unnoticed |
| edge, inch | Advance slowly, as if by inches |
| elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along | pass by |
| encroach, infringe, impinge | Advance beyond the usual limit |
| forge | Move ahead steadily |
| pass, overtake, overhaul | Travel past |
| penetrate | make one's way deeper into or through |
| press on, push on, plough on | Continue moving forward |
| ratchet, rachet up, ratchet down | Move by degrees in one direction only |
| string, string along | Move or come along |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
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| Opposite | withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back | pull back or move away or backward |
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| Spanish | adentrarse, anticipar, avanzarse, avanzar, internarse |
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| Catalan | anticipar, avançar-se, endinsar-se, internar-se |
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| Nouns | progress, progression | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
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| progress | a movement forward |
