Progress

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To make progress in; to pass through.

II. Progress ·noun In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.

III. Progress ·vi To make improvement; to Advance.

IV. Progress ·noun In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, ·etc.

V. Progress ·noun A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance.

VI. Progress ·noun In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school.

VII. Progress ·noun In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art.

VIII. Progress ·noun A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.

IX. Progress ·noun 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.

X. Progress ·vi To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to Proceed; to Advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing.