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# progress

«progress» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **moving forward or getting better at something over time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (progress — uncountable); verb (progress, progresses, progressed, progressing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Progress is moving forward or getting better at something over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#m1)

2) Progress is also movement towards a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#m2)

3) To progress is to move forward, develop or improve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#m3)

4) «In progress» means happening now and not finished yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school, teachers talk about your progress in reading or maths and send progress reports. In science and history «progress» means new discoveries and inventions. Phrases: «make progress», «in progress», «progress report», «good progress», «slow progress».

### examples

- Astle, The Origin and Progress of Writing, London 1784, p. 41: rhu!', IX, 354, 439). <)r he could have meant Jewish astronomers like JIashallah, who was called by Abraham ibn Eira an Indian sage (mr; Din) (see M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#x1)
- You've made great progress with your reading this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#x2)
- Work in progress — please don't touch! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#x3)
- The climbers made slow progress up the snowy mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#x4)
- My progress report said I'm good at maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#x5)
- As the story progresses, the hero gets braver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#x6)
- Medicine has made huge progress in the last hundred years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#x7)
- The game is in progress, so please wait. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#x8)
- The beaming Morning Star beheld how the work progressed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/#x9)

### note

Stress: noun PRO-gress, verb pro-GRESS. The noun is uncountable: say «a lot of progress», «some progress», never «a progress» or «progresses». «Make progress» (not «do progress»).

### In the corpora

- [When someone says you can't learn, calmly showing your progress works better than arguing, and people may still disagree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning/21/)
- [Many teachers suggest giving a new instrument at least a full term before deciding, and recording yourself shows your progress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/15/)
- [Spelling tests check progress; they are practice, not a judgement of the person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/24/)
- [Writers are not born, they are made: practice makes progress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/15/)
- ["Has made some progress" often means very little progress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/16-school-reports/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «progress» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/progress/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.