<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.</li><li>developmental activity in science, technology, etc., especially with reference to the commercial opportunities created thereby or to the promotion of the material well-being of the public through the goods, techniques, or facilities created.</li><li>advancement in general.</li><li>growth or development; continuous improvement: He shows progress in his muscular coordination.</li><li>the development of an individual or society in a direction considered more beneficial than and superior to the previous level.</li><li>Biology. increasing differentiation and perfection in the course of ontogeny or phylogeny.</li><li>forward or onward movement: the progress of the planets.</li><li>the forward course of action, events, time, etc.</li><li>an official journey or tour, as by a sovereign or dignitary.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to go forward or onward in space or time: The wagon train progressed through the valley.</li><li>to grow or develop, as in complexity, scope, or severity; advance: Are you progressing in your piano studies? The disease progressed slowly.</li></ul>