progress

Everyday

1. Progress is moving forward or getting better at something over time. tree →
2. Progress is also movement towards a place. tree →
3. To progress is to move forward, develop or improve. tree →
4. «In progress» means happening now and not finished yet. tree →

In the lessons

In school, teachers talk about your progress in reading or maths and send progress reports. In science and history «progress» means new discoveries and inventions. Phrases: «make progress», «in progress», «progress report», «good progress», «slow progress».

Examples

• You've made great progress with your reading this term. tree →
• Work in progress — please don't touch! tree →
• The climbers made slow progress up the snowy mountain. tree →
• My progress report said I'm good at maths. tree →
• As the story progresses, the hero gets braver. tree →
• Medicine has made huge progress in the last hundred years. tree →
• The game is in progress, so please wait. tree →
• The beaming Morning Star beheld how the work progressed. tree →

Note

Stress: noun PRO-gress, verb pro-GRESS. The noun is uncountable: say «a lot of progress», «some progress», never «a progress» or «progresses». «Make progress» (not «do progress»).

In Jewish tradition

In school, teachers talk about your progress in reading or maths and send progress reports. In science and history «progress» means new discoveries and inventions. Phrases: «make progress», «in progress», «progress report», «good progress», «slow progress».

Examples

• Astle, The Origin and Progress of Writing, London 1784, p. 41: rhu!', IX, 354, 439). <)r he could have meant Jewish astronomers like JIashallah, who was called by Abraham ibn Eira an Indian sage (mr; Din) (see M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Stress: noun PRO-gress, verb pro-GRESS. The noun is uncountable: say «a lot of progress», «some progress», never «a progress» or «progresses». «Make progress» (not «do progress»).