Progress

noun
1.
a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage:
the progress of a student toward a degree.
2.
developmental activity in science, technology, etc., especially with reference to the commercial opportunities created thereby or to the promotion of the material well-being of the public through the goods, techniques, or facilities created.
3.
advancement in general.
4.
growth or development; continuous improvement:
He shows progress in his muscular coordination.
5.
the development of an individual or society in a direction considered more beneficial than and superior to the previous level.
6.
Biology. increasing differentiation and perfection in the course of ontogeny or phylogeny.
7.
forward or onward movement:
the progress of the planets.
8.
the forward course of action, events, time, etc.
9.
an official journey or tour, as by a sovereign or dignitary.
verb (used without object), progress
10.
to go forward or onward in space or time:
The wagon train progressed through the valley. As the play progressed, the leading man grew more inaudible.
11.
to grow or develop, as in complexity, scope, or severity; advance:
Are you progressing in your piano studies? The disease progressed slowly.
Idioms
12.
in progress, going on; under way; being done; happening:
The meeting was already in progress.
noun (ˈprəʊɡrɛs)
1.
movement forwards, esp towards a place or objective
2.
satisfactory development, growth, or advance: she is making progress in maths
3.
advance towards completion, maturity, or perfection: the steady onward march of progress
4.
(modifier) of or relating to progress: a progress report
5.
(biology) increasing complexity, adaptation, etc, during the development of an individual or evolution of a group
6.
(Brit) a stately royal journey
7.
in progress, taking place; under way
verb (prəˈɡrɛs)
8.
(intransitive) to move forwards or onwards, as towards a place or objective
9.
to move towards or bring nearer to completion, maturity, or perfection
see: in progress