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Latin
Etymology
prō- + gradior (“step, walk”)
Pronunciation
Verb
prōgredior (present infinitive prōgredī, perfect active prōgressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent
- to come, go, or march forth, forward or on; advance, proceed
- Synonyms: prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, gradior, incēdō, accēdō, ēvehō, succēdō, subeō, adeō
- Antonyms: facessō, dēcēdō, discēdō, cēdō, dēficiō, concēdō, inclīnō, recēdō, recipiō, referō
- (figuratively) to make progress, advance, develop, proceed, go on; advance in age, get older
Conjugation
Old forms are:
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Descendants
References
- “progredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “progredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- progredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to march further forward: longius progredi, procedere
- to make progress in a subject: in aliqua re progressus facere, proficere, progredi
- to proceed, carry on a discussion logically: ratione et via, via et ratione progredi, disputare (Or. 33. 116)
- to pass the limit: ultra modum progredi
- to pass on: ad reliqua pergamus, progrediamur
- progredior in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016