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Progress :: Progress (v. i.) To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc..

Rotation :: Rotation (n.) The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution..

Step :: Step (v. i.) The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps..

Furtherance :: Furtherance (n.) The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.

Incession :: Incession (n.) Motion on foot; progress in walking.

Gradualness :: Gradualness (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.

Stage :: Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result..

Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive..

Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests..

Progression :: Progression (n.) The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.

Obstructionism :: Obstructionism (n.) The act or the policy of obstructing progress.

Onward :: Onward (a.) Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc..

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework..

Afoot :: Afoot (adv.) Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.

Stand :: Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.

Improve :: Improve (v. i.) To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.

Progressive :: Progressive (a.) Improving; as, art is in a progressive state..

Forwardness :: Forwardness (n.) An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness..

Progress :: Progress (n.) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc..

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