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progress - the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
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progression,
procession,
advance,
advancement |
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retreat the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
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motion,
move,
movement the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
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push the act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise"
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career,
life history the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"
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march a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"
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clear sailing,
easy going,
plain sailing easy unobstructed progress; "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing"
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leapfrog a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
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progress - a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" |
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progression,
advance |
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change of location,
travel a movement through space that changes the location of something
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head,
headway a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle"
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progress - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" |
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advance |
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regress,
retrograde,
retrogress get worse or fall back to a previous condition
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develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"
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climb improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
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leapfrog progress by large jumps instead of small increments
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