progress
Từ điển Collocation
progress noun
1 movement forwards
ADJ. considerable, dramatic, encouraging, excellent, genuine, good, great, impressive, real, remarkable, significant, substantial | fast, rapid, swift | inexorable | slow, stately We watched the ship's stately progress out of the harbour. | satisfactory, steady | further | academic, educational
VERB + PROGRESS achieve, make | assess, chart, check (on), evaluate, monitor, observe, review, trace, track, watch Regular tests enable the teacher to monitor the progress of each child. | block, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct, slow (down) | halt, stop | accelerate, facilitate
PROGRESS + NOUN report
PREP. in ~ There was a cricket match in progress. | ~ from … to … The book traced his steady progress from petty theft to serious crime. | ~ in He's making good progress in maths. | ~ on How much progress have the builders made on the extension? | ~ towards Who can halt Woods' inexorable progress towards yet another championship? | ~ with She's making steady progress with her thesis.
PHRASES a lack of progress I was frustrated by my apparent lack of progress when I started the violin. | a rate of progress At the present rate of progress we won't be finished before July. | work in progress I have one file for completed work and one for work in progress.
2 improvement in society
ADJ. economic, evolutionary, industrial, medical, scientific, social, technical, technological | human
VERB + PROGRESS hold back
PHRASES the march of progress the onward march of technological progress
Từ điển WordNet
v.
- develop in a positive way; come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up
He progressed well in school
My plants are coming along
Plans are shaping up
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; advance, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Time marches on
- form or accumulate steadily; build up, work up, build
Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
progresses|progressed|progressing
syn.: advance go ahead move proceed
ant.: regress