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# progress

noun (progress — uncountable); verb (progress, progresses, progressed, progressing)

«progress» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Progress is moving forward or getting better at something over time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#m1)
2. Progress is also movement towards a place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#m2)
3. To progress is to move forward, develop or improve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#m3)
4. «In progress» means happening now and not finished yet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#x1)
- Work in progress — please don't touch! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#x2)
- The climbers made slow progress up the snowy mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#x3)
- My progress report said I'm good at maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#x4)
- As the story progresses, the hero gets braver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#x5)
- Medicine has made huge progress in the last hundred years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#x6)
- The game is in progress, so please wait. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#x7)
- The beaming Morning Star beheld how the work progressed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/#x8)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#x1)

### 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»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «progress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«progress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/progress.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «progress» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«progress» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/progress.html) on Mova free.