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• Received-Pronunciation: prō'grĕs
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/
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• General-American: prä'grĕs
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• General-American: /ˈpɹɑ.ɡɹɛs/
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• General-American: /-ɹəs/
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• Canada: /ˈpɹoʊ.ɡɹɛs/
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• Canada: [ˈp(h)ɹoː.ɡɹɛs]
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• Australian: /ˈpɹəʉ.ɡɹes/
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• Australian: [ˈpɹɐʉ.ɡɹes]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpɹɐʉ.ɡɹes/
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• rhymes with -əʊɡɹɛs
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• rhymes with -ɒɡɹɛs
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: prə'grĕs
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈɡɹɛs/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /pɹəˈɡɹes/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 G R EH2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P R AH0 G R EH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: P R OW0 G R EH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English progresse, from Old French progres (“a going forward”), from Latin prōgressus (“an advance”), from the participle stem of prōgredī (“to go forward, advance, develop”), from pro- (“forth, before”) + gradi (“to walk, go”). Displaced native Old English forþgang.

Borrowed from Russian Прогресс (Progress), from прогресс (progress).

From the noun. Lapsed into disuse in the 17th century, except in the US. Considered an Americanism on reintroduction to use in the UK.

245 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: напре́дване (naprédvane) — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Danish: fremrykning — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Dutch: voortgang — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Esperanto: progreso — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Finnish: eteneminen — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Finnish: edistyminen — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Finnish: edistys — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Finnish: kulku — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Finnish: menossa — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Finnish: kehitys — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Finnish: kehityksessä — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (framgahts) — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Hindi: उन्नति (unnati) — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Hindi: प्रगति (pragti) — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Hindi: विकास (vikās) — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Hungarian: folyamat — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Latin: prōgressus — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Malayalam: പുരോഗതി (purōgati) — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Polish: postęp — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Russian: продвиже́ние (prodvižénije) — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Swedish: framryckning — movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time
• Albanian: progres — advancement to a more developed state
• Arabic: تَقَدُّم (taqaddum) — advancement to a more developed state
• Arabic: تقدم (taʔaddum) — advancement to a more developed state
• Armenian: առաջընթաց (aṙaǰəntʻacʻ) — advancement to a more developed state
• Azerbaijani: tərəqqi — advancement to a more developed state
• Azerbaijani: proqress — advancement to a more developed state
• Azerbaijani: irəliləmə — advancement to a more developed state
• Azerbaijani: irəliləyiş — advancement to a more developed state
• Belarusian: прагрэ́с (prahrés) — advancement to a more developed state
• Bengali: প্রগতি (progotoi) — advancement to a more developed state
• Bengali: উন্নতি (unnôti) — advancement to a more developed state
• Bengali: তরক্কী (tôrôkkī) — advancement to a more developed state
• Bulgarian: прогре́с (progrés) — advancement to a more developed state
• Bulgarian: напре́дък (naprédǎk) — advancement to a more developed state
• Burmese: တိုးတက်ခြင်း (tui:takhkrang:) — advancement to a more developed state
• Catalan: avenç — advancement to a more developed state
• Catalan: progrés — advancement to a more developed state
• Chinese Cantonese: 進步 /进步 (zeon3 bou6) — advancement to a more developed state
• Chinese: җинбу (jinbu) — advancement to a more developed state
• Chinese: 進步 /进步 (zh-min-nan) — advancement to a more developed state
• Chinese Mandarin: 進步 /进步 (jìnbù) — advancement to a more developed state
• Czech: pokrok — advancement to a more developed state
• Danish: fremskridt — advancement to a more developed state
• Dutch: vooruitgang — advancement to a more developed state
• Estonian: areng — advancement to a more developed state
• Estonian: progress — advancement to a more developed state
• Finnish: edistys — advancement to a more developed state
• French: progrès — advancement to a more developed state
• Georgian: წინსვლა (c̣insvla) — advancement to a more developed state
• Georgian: პროგრესი (ṗrogresi) — advancement to a more developed state
• German: Fortschritt — advancement to a more developed state
• Greek: πρόοδος (próodos) — advancement to a more developed state
• Ancient Greek: προκοπή (prokopḗ) — advancement to a more developed state
• Haitian Creole: pwogrè — advancement to a more developed state
• Hebrew: הִתקַדְמוּת (hitkadmút) — advancement to a more developed state
• Hindi: प्रगति (pragti) — advancement to a more developed state
• Hindi: उन्नति (unnati) — advancement to a more developed state
• Hindi: विकास (vikās) — advancement to a more developed state
• Hindi: तरक़्क़ी (taraqqī) — advancement to a more developed state
• Hungarian: haladás — advancement to a more developed state
• Hungarian: fejlődés — advancement to a more developed state
• Icelandic: framför — advancement to a more developed state
• Icelandic: framsókn — advancement to a more developed state
• Italian: progresso — advancement to a more developed state
• Japanese: 進歩 (shinpo) — advancement to a more developed state
• Kazakh: прогресс (progress) — advancement to a more developed state
• Kazakh: жақсарыс (jaqsarys) — advancement to a more developed state
• Kazakh: озықтық (ozyqtyq) — advancement to a more developed state
• Kazakh: оңалыс (oñalys) — advancement to a more developed state
• Kazakh: ілгерілік (ılgerılık) — advancement to a more developed state
• Khmer: វឌ្ឍន (vŏətthĕəʼnĕəʼ) — advancement to a more developed state
• Korean: 진보 (jinbo) — advancement to a more developed state
• Northern Kurdish: pêşketin — advancement to a more developed state
• Northern Kurdish: pêşveçûn — advancement to a more developed state
• Kyrgyz: прогресс (progress) — advancement to a more developed state
• Lao: ຄວາມກ້າວຫນ້າ (khuām kāo nā) — advancement to a more developed state
• Latin: prōgressus — advancement to a more developed state
• Latvian: progress — advancement to a more developed state
• Lithuanian: progresas — advancement to a more developed state
• Lithuanian: pažangà — advancement to a more developed state
• Luxembourgish: Progrès — advancement to a more developed state
• Luxembourgish: Fortschrëtt — advancement to a more developed state
• Macedonian: напредок (napredok) — advancement to a more developed state
• Macedonian: прогрес (progres) — advancement to a more developed state
• Malay: kemajuan — advancement to a more developed state
• Malayalam: പുരോഗതി (purōgati) — advancement to a more developed state
• Malayalam: പുരോഗമനം (purōgamanaṁ) — advancement to a more developed state
• Mongolian: дэвшил (devšil) — advancement to a more developed state
• Mongolian: ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠯ (debsil) — advancement to a more developed state
• Norwegian Bokmål: framgang — advancement to a more developed state
• Old English: forþgang — advancement to a more developed state
• Pali: vaḍḍhana — advancement to a more developed state
• Pashto: پرمختګ (pərməxtag) — advancement to a more developed state
• Pashto: ترقي (taraqī) — advancement to a more developed state
• Dari: پیشْرَفْت (pēšraft) — advancement to a more developed state
• Dari: تَرَقِّی (taraqqī) — advancement to a more developed state
• Iranian Persian: پیشْرَفْت (pišraft) — advancement to a more developed state
• Iranian Persian: تَرَقّی (taraġġi) — advancement to a more developed state
• Iranian Persian: پِروگْرِس (perogres) — advancement to a more developed state
• Polish: postęp — advancement to a more developed state
• Portuguese: progresso — advancement to a more developed state
• Romanian: progres — advancement to a more developed state
• Russian: прогре́сс (progréss) — advancement to a more developed state
• Serbo-Croatian: на̀предак — advancement to a more developed state
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀грес — advancement to a more developed state
• Serbo-Croatian: nàpredak — advancement to a more developed state
• Serbo-Croatian: prògres — advancement to a more developed state
• Slovak: pokrok — advancement to a more developed state
• Slovene: napredek — advancement to a more developed state
• Spanish: progreso — advancement to a more developed state
• Swedish: framsteg — advancement to a more developed state
• Swedish: framgång — advancement to a more developed state
• Tagalog: pagsulong — advancement to a more developed state
• Tagalog: sasulong — advancement to a more developed state
• Tajik: пешрафт (pešraft) — advancement to a more developed state
• Tajik: прогресс (progress) — advancement to a more developed state
• Tajik: тараққӣ (taraqqi) — advancement to a more developed state
• Tajik: тараққиёт (taraqqiyot) — advancement to a more developed state
• Thai: การพัฒนา (gaan-pát-tá-naa) — advancement to a more developed state
• Turkish: ilerleme — advancement to a more developed state
• Turkish: terakkî etme — advancement to a more developed state
• Turkish: terakki — advancement to a more developed state
• Turkish: terakkiyat — advancement to a more developed state
• Ottoman Turkish: ترقی (terakki) — advancement to a more developed state
• Turkmen: progres — advancement to a more developed state
• Turkmen: ýetişik — advancement to a more developed state
• Ukrainian: прогре́с (prohrés) — advancement to a more developed state
• Urdu: تَرَقّی (taraqqī) — advancement to a more developed state
• Uyghur: تەرەققىيات (tereqqiyat) — advancement to a more developed state
• Uzbek: progress — advancement to a more developed state
• Uzbek: taraqqiyot — advancement to a more developed state
• Vietnamese: tiến bộ — advancement to a more developed state
• Vietnamese: sự tiến bộ — advancement to a more developed state
• Walloon: progrès — advancement to a more developed state
• Finnish: vierailu — official journey
• Finnish: valtiovierailu — official journey
• Bulgarian: ход (hod) — journey forward; travel
• Finnish: kulkeminen — journey forward; travel
• Finnish: kulku — journey forward; travel
• Finnish: matka — journey forward; travel
• Arabic: تَقَدُّم (taqaddum) — movement onwards or forwards
• Armenian: առաջընթաց (aṙaǰəntʻacʻ) — movement onwards or forwards
• Azerbaijani: irəliləyiş — movement onwards or forwards
• Azerbaijani: irəliləmə — movement onwards or forwards
• Bulgarian: напре́дък (naprédǎk) — movement onwards or forwards
• Catalan: progrés — movement onwards or forwards
• Chinese Mandarin: 進步 /进步 (jìnbù) — movement onwards or forwards
• Chinese Mandarin: 進行 /进行 (jìnxíng) — movement onwards or forwards
• Czech: pokrok — movement onwards or forwards
• Czech: posun — movement onwards or forwards
• Danish: fremskridt — movement onwards or forwards
• Dutch: vordering — movement onwards or forwards
• Dutch: voortgang — movement onwards or forwards
• Dutch: vooruitgang — movement onwards or forwards
• Esperanto: progreso — movement onwards or forwards
• Estonian: kulg — movement onwards or forwards
• Estonian: edenemine — movement onwards or forwards
• Finnish: eteneminen — movement onwards or forwards
• Finnish: kulku — movement onwards or forwards
• French: progrès — movement onwards or forwards
• French: amélioration — movement onwards or forwards
• Galician: progreso — movement onwards or forwards
• Georgian: წინსვლა (c̣insvla) — movement onwards or forwards
• German: Fortschritt — movement onwards or forwards
• Greek: πρόοδος (próodos) — movement onwards or forwards
• Greek: εξέλιξη (exélixi) — movement onwards or forwards
• Haitian Creole: pwogrè — movement onwards or forwards
• Hebrew: הִתְקַדְּמוּת (hitqadmut) — movement onwards or forwards
• Hindi: प्रगति (pragti) — movement onwards or forwards
• Hindi: उन्नति (unnati) — movement onwards or forwards
• Hungarian: haladás — movement onwards or forwards
• Hungarian: előrehaladás — movement onwards or forwards
• Ido: progreso — movement onwards or forwards
• Irish: forás — movement onwards or forwards
• Italian: progresso — movement onwards or forwards
• Japanese: 進歩 (shinpo) — movement onwards or forwards
• Japanese: 進行 (shinkō) — movement onwards or forwards
• Korean: 진보 (jinbo) — movement onwards or forwards
• Korean: 진행 (jinhaeng) — movement onwards or forwards
• Korean: 전진 (jeonjin) — movement onwards or forwards
• Latvian: progress — movement onwards or forwards
• Luxembourgish: Progrès — movement onwards or forwards
• Luxembourgish: Fortschrëtt — movement onwards or forwards
• Macedonian: напредок (napredok) — movement onwards or forwards
• Macedonian: прогрес (progres) — movement onwards or forwards
• Malayalam: പുരോഗമനം (purōgamanaṁ) — movement onwards or forwards
• Māori: kaneke — movement onwards or forwards
• Māori: kauneke — movement onwards or forwards
• Polish: postęp — movement onwards or forwards
• Portuguese: progresso — movement onwards or forwards
• Russian: прогре́сс (progréss) — movement onwards or forwards
• Russian: продвиже́ние (prodvižénije) — movement onwards or forwards
• Scottish Gaelic: piseach — movement onwards or forwards
• Serbo-Croatian: на̀предак — movement onwards or forwards
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀грес — movement onwards or forwards
• Serbo-Croatian: nàpredak — movement onwards or forwards
• Serbo-Croatian: prògres — movement onwards or forwards
• Spanish: progreso — movement onwards or forwards
• Swedish: framsteg — movement onwards or forwards
• Tagalog: pagsulong — movement onwards or forwards
• Tagalog: sasulong — movement onwards or forwards
• Turkish: ilerleme — movement onwards or forwards
• Ukrainian: прогре́с (prohrés) — movement onwards or forwards
• Vietnamese: tiến bộ — movement onwards or forwards
• Walloon: progrès — movement onwards or forwards
• Russian: Прогресс — Soviet, then Russian, space capsules
• Bulgarian: напредвам (napredvam) — to move forward
• Danish: avancere — to move forward
• Esperanto: progresi — to move forward
• Finnish: edetä — to move forward
• French: progresser — to move forward
• Greek: προχωρώ (prochoró) — to move forward
• Greek: προχωράω (prochoráo) — to move forward
• Greek: εξελίσσομαι (exelíssomai) — to move forward
• Hindi: अग्रसर (agrasar) — to move forward
• Hungarian: halad — to move forward
• Italian: avanzare — to move forward
• Latin: prōficiō — to move forward
• Portuguese: seguir — to move forward
• Romanian: progresa — to move forward
• Thai: ก้าวหน้า (gâao-nâa) — to move forward
• Armenian: զարգանալ (zarganal) — to become better or more complete
• Bulgarian: развивам се (razvivam se) — to become better or more complete
• Bulgarian: прогресирам (progresiram) — to become better or more complete
• Danish: fuldende — to become better or more complete
• Dutch: vorderingen maken — to become better or more complete
• Estonian: edenema — to become better or more complete
• Finnish: edistyä — to become better or more complete
• Greek: προοδεύω (proodévo) — to become better or more complete
• Greek: σημειώνω πρόοδο (simeióno próodo) — to become better or more complete
• Ancient Greek: προκόπτω (prokóptō) — to become better or more complete
• Hindi: प्रगति (pragti) — to become better or more complete
• Hindi: विकास (vikās) — to become better or more complete
• Hindi: उन्नति (unnati) — to become better or more complete
• Hungarian: fejlődik — to become better or more complete
• Hungarian: halad — to become better or more complete
• Italian: progredire — to become better or more complete
• Latin: prōficiō — to become better or more complete
• Malayalam: പുരോഗമിക്കുക (purōgamikkuka) — to become better or more complete
• Māori: kaunekenga — to become better or more complete
• Portuguese: progredir — to become better or more complete
• Spanish: progresar — to become better or more complete
• Thai: ก้าวหน้า (gâao-nâa) — to become better or more complete
• Thai: พัฒนา (pát-tá-naa) — to become better or more complete