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progressing

progressing is the present participle and gerund of progress.

Meaning of progress

Verb

progress (third-person singular simple present progresses, present participle progressing, simple past and past participle progressed)

  1. (intransitive) To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
    • Visitors progress through the museum at their own pace.
  2. (intransitive) To develop.
    • Societies progress unevenly.
    1. (broadly, intransitive) To improve; to become better or more complete.
  3. (transitive) To expedite.
    • Or […] they came to progress matters in which Dudley had taken a hand, and left defrauded or bound over to the king.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 266

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Questions about progressing

What is progressing the present participle and gerund of?
Progressing is the present participle and gerund of progress.

Words near progressing in the dictionary

  1. progresser
  2. progressers
  3. progresses
  4. progresseth
  5. progressible
  6. progressing
  7. progression
  8. progressional
  9. progressionally
  10. progressionary
  11. progressionism

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