progress

progress
n
1. furtherance, upward movement, rise, promotion, improvement in rank, preferment; move up, graduation, elevation, ascension; ascent, climb, mounting, scaling.
2. breakthrough, step forward, stride, gain, major development; discovery, finding; invention, innovation, creation, production.
3. growth, development, advance, advancement, progression, progressiveness; improvement, strengthening, amendment, betterment, upgrading, amelioration, melioration; purification, perfection; enrichment, fattening, enhancement; repairing, fixing, replacement; recovery, revival; increase, increment, addition, augmentation; enlargement, extension, expansion, spread, swell.
4. movement forward, onward movement, headway; gaining ground, pushing forward, forging ahead; moving along, going forward, pressing on, pushing ahead; inching ahead, edging along.
5. in progress
going on, under way, being done, Inf. in the works, taking place; happening, occurring.
v
6. advance, go forward, make headway, (usu. neg.) Inf. get to first base; move on or onward, march or step forward, stride ahead; proceed, continue, keep going, press or push on, persevere, strive, put one's shoulder to the wheel; get or go on, lose no ground, not let the grass grow under one's feet; gain ground, catch up, take the lead, get or go ahead, shoot or rush ahead, Inf. go full steam ahead; push forward, forge or move ahead, make way, clear the way; edge or inch along, move or go along; move upward, climb, scale, mount, ascend, rise.
7. improve, better, perfect, upgrade, amend, ameliorate, meliorate; enhance, enrich, fatten, strengthen; add to, increase, augment, alter, change; enlarge, swell, extend, expand, spread; grow, develop, mature, maturate, ripen, grow up.
8. recuperate, get or become better, come around, recover, revive, turn the corner, make a turn for the better; convalesce, become stronger, become healthier.

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