Past tense of progress
regular verb
The past tense of progress is progressed. The past participle is also progressed.
Forms of progress
| Base form (V1) | progress /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | progressed |
| Past participle (V3) | progressed |
| Present participle | progressing |
| Third person singular | progresses |
Progressed in a sentence
- She progressed through to the final round of the competition.From the entry through
- Our company has progressed leaps and bounds this year.From the entry leaps and bounds
- The gang progressed from petty crime to bank robbery.From the entry petty crime
- Having originated in a satem Indo-European dialect area, some innovations such as the ruki sound rule progressed over the history of Balto-Slavic, but did not fully "complete" outside of Slavic.From the entry Balto-Slavic
- As the day progressed, the Premier League’s chief executive, Richard Masters, sent an email to the clubs.2022 March 11, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian. From the entry business-as-usual
Meaning of progress
- noun Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
- noun Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
- noun An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
Questions about the past tense of progress
- What is the past tense of progress?
- The past tense of progress is progressed.
- What is the past participle of progress?
- The past participle of progress is progressed.
- Is progress a regular or irregular verb?
- Progress is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: progress (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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