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When he reached Edinburgh, "his progress was as the progress of a nation's guest, or a king returning to his own again Midlothian, the scene of Mr. Gladstone's astonishing exertions, was one of the Conservative strongholds, under the dominent influence of the Duke of Buccleuch, whose son, Lord Dalkeith, Mr. Gladstone opposed in contesting for the representation in Parliament.

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  1. noun Movement, as toward a goal; advance.
  2. noun Development or growth: students who show progress.
  3. noun Steady improvement, as of a society or civilization: a believer in human progress. See Synonyms at development.
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  • If his progress is anything like Young's, it shouldn't take long before he evolves into a Heisman candidate. —  The Lantern
  • One specific measure of this progress is the fact that Venezuela is one of the few countries in Latin America to be on track for reaching the Millennium Development Goals. —  Venezuela Analysis
  • This progress is a testament to the strength, character and intestinal fortitude and the commitment of the citizens of Detroit, and the people who serve. —  Freep.com - RSS
  • In closing, I want to reiterate that our progress is the result of continued focus on the same priorities, building people capability, increasing our student population at a sustainable pace, improving student outcomes, standardizes and upgrading our business processes and our marketing effectiveness and leveraging our facility capacity and overall scale. —  Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • "This progress will be all the more challenging in the face of global automotive industry conditions that appear to be deteriorating even more than 2008's severe downturn." —  Freep.com - RSS
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development ·  success ·  history ·  knowledge ·  advance ·  improvement ·  course ·  influence ·  achievement ·  effort

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progress:   progressed ·  progressing ·  progresses
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  1. Middle English progresse, from Latin prōgressus, from past participle of prōgredī, to advance : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + gradī, to go, walk; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French progres, progrez, French progrès = Spanish progreso = Portuguese Italian progresso = German progress, from Latin progressus, an advance, from progredi, past participle progressus, go forward, advance, proceed, from pro, forth, before, + gradi, walk, go. Of. congress, ingress, egress, regress, etc.
  2. = Spanish progresar; from Latin progressus, past participle of progredi, go forward, advance: see progress, n. The verb is in part from the noun.
 

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