Progress
noun
- a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage:
the progress of a student toward a degree.
- 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.
- advancement in general.
- growth or development; continuous improvement:
He shows progress in his muscular coordination.
verb (used without object) pro·gress [pruh-gres]
- to go forward or onward in space or time:
The wagon train progressed through the valley.