PROG'RESS, n. [L. progressus, progedior; pro and gradior, to step or go. See Grade and Degree.]
1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward. A man makes a slow progress or a rapid progress on a journey; a ship makes slow progress against the tide. He watched the progress of the army on its march, or the progress of a star or comet.2. A moving forward in growth; increase; as the progress of a plant or animal.3. Advance in business of any kind; as the progress of a negotiation; the progress of arts.4. Advance in knowledge; intellectual or moral improvement; proficiency. The student is commended for this progress in learning; the christian for his progress in virtue and piety.5. Removal; passage from place to place. From Egypt arts their progress made to Greece.6. A journey of state; a circuit.