'Progress' definitions:
Definition of 'progress'
From: WordNet
noun
Gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" [syn: advancement, progress]
noun
The act of moving forward (as toward a goal) [syn: progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion] [ant: retreat]
noun
A movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" [syn: progress, progression, advance]
verb
Develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde, retrogress]
verb
Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" [syn: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on] [ant: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw]
verb
Definition of 'Progress'
From: GCIDE
- Progress \Pro*gress"\ (?; formerly pronounced like Progress, n.), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Progressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Progressing.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing. "As his recovery progressed." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on thy checks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt. --Washington. [1913 Webster]
- The war had progressed for some time. --Marshall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make improvement; to advance. --Bayard. [1913 Webster]
- If man progresses, art must progress too. --Caird. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Progress'
From: GCIDE
- Progress \Prog"ress\ (?; 277), n. [L. progressus, from progredi, p. p. progressus, to go forth or forward; pro forward + gradi to step, go: cf. F. progr[`e]s. See Grade.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance; specifically: (a) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc. (b) In the growth of an animal or plant; increase. (c) In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art. (d) In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school. (e) Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions. [1913 Webster]
- The king being returned from his progresse. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Progress'
From: GCIDE
- Progress \Prog"ress\ (?; see Progress, v. i.), v. t. To make progress in; to pass through. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'progress'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- accomplishment,
- achieve success,
- advance,
- advancement,
- advancing,
- alchemy,
- ameliorate,
- amelioration,
- amend,
- amendment,
- amplification,
- amplify,
- anabasis,
- angular motion,
- arrive,
- ascend,
- ascending,
- ascent,
- assimilation,
- assumption,
- at work,
- axial motion,
- back,
- back up,
- backflowing,
- backing,
- backward motion,
- be a success,
- bear fruit,
- becoming,
- being done,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- bloom,
- blossom,
- blossoming,
- boost,
- break through,
- broaden,
- broadening,
- Brownian movement,
- budge,
- burgeon,
- burgeoning,
- campaign,
- career,
- change,
- change place,
- change-over,
- circle,
- circuit,
- climb,
- climbing,
- clip,
- come along,
- come on,
- come through,
- commutation,
- commute,
- continualness,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- continue,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- course,
- cover ground,
- crossing,
- current,
- cut a swath,
- descend,
- descending,
- descent,
- develop,
- development,
- developmental change,
- do well,
- downward motion,
- drift,
- driftage,
- driftway,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- elaboration,
- elevation,
- encouragement,
- endurance,
- enhancement,
- enjoy prosperity,
- enlarge,
- enlargement,
- enrichment,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- evolute,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolve,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- excursion,
- expand,
- expansion,
- expedition,
- explication,
- extend,
- extension,
- fare,
- fare forth,
- farewell,
- fetch,
- flight,
- flip-flop,
- flit,
- flow,
- flower,
- flowering,
- flux,
- forge ahead,
- forward motion,
- forwardal,
- forwarding,
- furtherance,
- furthering,
- gain,
- gain ground,
- gait,
- gang,
- gather head,
- gather way,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get better,
- get on,
- get on swimmingly,
- get on well,
- get over,
- get there,
- get well,
- globe-trotting,
- go,
- go ahead,
- go along,
- go around,
- go far,
- go fast,
- go forward,
- go on,
- go places,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- go well,
- go-ahead,
- going,
- going on,
- gradual change,
- graduate,
- grand tour,
- Great Leap Forward,
- grow,
- grow better,
- growth,
- gyrate,
- happening,
- have it made,
- headway,
- hie,
- improve,
- improvement,
- in operation,
- in progress,
- in the works,
- increase,
- jaunt,
- journey,
- journeying,
- junket,
- lapse,
- leeway,
- lengthening,
- lick,
- lift,
- locomotion,
- look up,
- maintenance,
- make a breakthrough,
- make a success,
- make good,
- make good time,
- make head against,
- make headway,
- make it,
- make progress,
- make progress against,
- make strides,
- make the scene,
- make up leeway,
- march,
- maturate,
- maturation,
- mature,
- meliorate,
- melioration,
- mellow,
- mend,
- mending,
- motion,
- mount,
- mounting,
- move,
- move along,
- move forward,
- move on,
- move over,
- movement,
- moving,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- naturalization,
- nonviolent change,
- oblique motion,
- occurring,
- ongoing,
- onrush,
- onward course,
- outing,
- pace,
- package tour,
- pass,
- pass along,
- pass on,
- passage,
- peregrination,
- perk up,
- perpetuation,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- pick up,
- pickup,
- pilgrimage,
- pleasure trip,
- plunge,
- plunging,
- preferment,
- proceed,
- proceeding,
- proficiency,
- progression,
- progressiveness,
- prolongation,
- promotion,
- prosper,
- protraction,
- pursuance,
- radial motion,
- random motion,
- rate,
- re-formation,
- reconversion,
- recovery,
- reduction,
- reflowing,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regress,
- regression,
- repetition,
- resolution,
- restoration,
- retrogress,
- retrogression,
- reversal,
- revival,
- ripen,
- ripening,
- rise,
- rising,
- roll,
- roll on,
- rolling,
- rolling on,
- rotate,
- round trip,
- rubberneck tour,
- run,
- rush,
- safari,
- sally,
- sashay,
- set,
- shape up,
- shift,
- shoot,
- show improvement,
- sideward motion,
- sink,
- sinking,
- skyrocket,
- soaring,
- spin,
- spread,
- stalk,
- staying power,
- steerageway,
- stem,
- step,
- step forward,
- sternway,
- stir,
- straight course,
- stream,
- stride,
- subside,
- subsiding,
- succeed,
- sustained action,
- sustenance,
- switch,
- switch-over,
- take off,
- taking place,
- tour,
- tourism,
- touristry,
- traject,
- trajet,
- transformation,
- transit,
- transition,
- travel,
- traveling,
- tread,
- trek,
- trend,
- trip,
- turn,
- turn out well,
- turning into,
- under way,
- unfolding,
- uninterrupted course,
- unremittingness,
- upbeat,
- upgrade,
- upgrowth,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upward mobility,
- upward motion,
- volte-face,
- voyage,
- wane,
- wax,
- way,
- wayfare,
- wend,
- whirl
Progress, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Progress, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
9647
Housing Units (2000) :
4569
Land area (2000) :
2.757571 sq. miles (7.142077 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.757571 sq. miles (7.142077 sq. km)
FIPS code :
62736
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
40.288389 N, 76.835543 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Progress'
- Progressed,
- Progressing,
- Progression,
- Progressive,
- Progressively,
- Progressiveness,
- in progress,
- progress to,
- progressivity,
- Arithmetical progression,
- Geometrical progression,
- Harmonic progression,
- Progress Village,
- Progress, PA,
- Progressive euchre,
- Progressive party,
- Progressive whist,
- arithmetic progression,
- future progressive,
- geometric progression,
- past progressive,
- pilgrim's progress,
- present progressive,
- progress report,
- progressive aspect,
- progressive rock,
- progressive tax,
- progressive tense,
- progressive vaccinia,
- work in progress,
- Progress Village, FL,
- Progressive locomotor ataxy,
- Progressive muscular atrophy,
- Ratio of a geometrical progression,
- future progressive tense,
- past progressive tense,
- present progressive tense,
- progressive emphysematous necrosis