progress
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(verb) make progress; "He progressed well in school" |
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Synonyms: advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, shape up |
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Related Words: develop, leapfrog |
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Antonyms: regress |
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(noun) the act of moving forward toward a goal |
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Synonyms: advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, progression |
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Related Words: career, clear sailing, easy going, leapfrog, life history, march, motion, move, movement, plain sailing, push |
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(noun) a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" |
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Synonyms: advance, progression |
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Related Words: change of location, head, headway, travel |
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(noun) gradual improvement or growth or development: "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"; "their research and development gave them an advantagte" |
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Synonyms: advancement |
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Related Words: development, forwarding, furtherance, promotion, stride |
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(verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense: "Time marches on" |
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Synonyms: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on |
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Related Words: close in, creep up, draw in, edge, elapse, encroach, forge, glide by, go, go along, go by, impinge, inch, infringe, lapse, locomote, move, overhaul, overtake, pass, plough on, press on, push on, rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down, slide by, slip away, slip by, sneak up, string, string along, travel |
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(verb) form steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly" |
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Synonyms: build, build up, work up |
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Related Words: develop |
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