Progress

Progress

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Progress may refer to:

History

  • Progress (history), the idea that the world can become increasingly better in terms of science, technology, modernization, liberty, democracy, quality of life, etc.
    • Social progress, the idea that societies can or do improve in terms of their social, political, and economic structures.
    • Scientific progress, the idea that science increases its problem solving ability through the application of some scientific method.
    • Philosophical progress, the idea that philosophy has solved or at least can solve some of the questions it studies.
  • Idea of Progress, the theory that scientific progress drives social progress[citation needed]; that advances in technology, science, and social organization inevitably produce an improvement in the human condition.
  • Progress trap, the condition societies find themselves in when human ingenuity, in pursuing progress, inadvertently introduces problems that it does not have the resources to solve, preventing further progress or inciting social collapse.

Architecture

Business

Computer science

Geography

Media

Politics and government

Science

  • Evolutionary progress, the idea that there is a largest-scale trend in evolution of organisms and that the trend is toward improvement

Transportation

  • Progress D-27, propfan engine that the U.S.S.R company developed in the 1980s for commercial and military transport aircraft
  • Progress (spacecraft), Russian expendable unmanned freighter spacecraft

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  • Progress — M1 10 Nahaufnahme des aktiven Andockstutzens …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • progress# — progress n 1 advance (see under ADVANCE vb 2) Analogous words: improvement, betterment (see corresponding verbs at IMPROVE): headway, impetus (see SPEED n) 2 Progress, progression are not always clearly distinguished, although they can be more or …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Progress — Prog ress (?; 277), n. [L. progressus, from progredi, p. p. progressus, to go forth or forward; pro forward + gradi to step, go: cf. F. progr[ e]s. See {Grade}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Progress — Pro*gress (?; formerly pronounced like {Progress}, n.), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Progressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Progressing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Progress — (progreso en ruso) es una familia de naves no tripuladas rusas utilizadas para llevar víveres y combustible a estaciones espaciales. En un principio se utilizaron con las estaciones Salyut 6, Salyut 7 y Mir, permitiendo que las tripulaciones… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Progress — Prog ress (?; see {Progress}, v. i.), v. t. To make progress in; to pass through. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Progress — Progress, PA U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 9647 Housing Units (2000): 4569 Land area (2000): 2.757571 sq. miles (7.142077 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000):… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Progress, PA — U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 9647 Housing Units (2000): 4569 Land area (2000): 2.757571 sq. miles (7.142077 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.757571 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • progress — In BrE the noun is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, and the verb (= make progress) with the stress on the second syllable. In the transitive meaning ‘to cause (work etc.) to make progress’, pronunciation with the stress pattern… …   Modern English usage

  • progress — [n] advancement, gain advance, amelioration, anabasis, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, course, dash, development, evolution, evolvement, expedition, flowering, growth, headway, hike, impetus, improvement, increase, journey, lunge …   New thesaurus

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