progress

/pɹəˈɡɹɛs/ verb B2

To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance. (intransitive) · Visitors progress through the museum at their own pace.
To develop. (intransitive) · Societies progress unevenly.
To improve; to become better or more complete. (intransitive)
To expedite. (transitive)

He/she/it progresses · Past progressed · Past participle progressed · -ing form progressing

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Verb forms

Base form: progress
He/she/it: progresses
Past: progressed
Past participle: progressed
-ing form: progressing

From the library

I have simply looked in to know how your self-appointed task was progressing."

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 47 · B2

‘And how are the semiquavers and the demisemiquavers progressing?’ he always asks.

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 4 · C1

Nothing interrupted the progress of the work except the necessity that each was under of returning to his cell in anticipation of the turnkey’s visits.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 175 · C1

And yet we have surely made some appreciable progress.

Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 24 · B2

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