English dictionary · noun

progress

forward movement toward a destination or goal

Meaning and definitions

1. forward movement toward a destination or goal

Connected roots

• pro-

  forward, for, in place of

• grad-

  stepping, going

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These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.

• process

  a series of actions taken to achieve an end

• project

  to throw or cast forward; to estimate or forecast

• promote

  to further the progress of; to raise to a higher position

• proceed

  to begin or continue a course of action

• gradual

  taking place in stages over a period of time

• provoke

  to stimulate or give rise to a reaction

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