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/pʁɔ.gʁɛ.se/

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Translation

to progress, to make progress

Word origin

From progrès plus the verbal suffix -er. Progrès descends from Latin progressus ('an advance'), from progredi ('to go forward').

Origin
Latin
Root
progredi
English cognates
progress, progressive, gradient

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jeprogresseprogressaisprogressaiprogresseraiprogresserais
tuprogressesprogressaisprogressasprogresserasprogresserais
il/elleprogresseprogressaitprogressaprogresseraprogresserait
nousprogressonsprogressionsprogressâmesprogresseronsprogresserions
vousprogressezprogressiezprogressâtesprogresserezprogresseriez
ils/ellesprogressentprogressaientprogressèrentprogresserontprogresseraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jeprogresseprogressasse
tuprogressesprogressasses
il/elleprogresseprogressât
nousprogressionsprogressassions
vousprogressiezprogressassiez
ils/ellesprogressentprogressassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tuprogresse
nousprogressons
vousprogressez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
progressant
Past participle
progressé · progressée · progressés · progressées

Examples

Lyon.

My French has progressed a lot since I've lived in Lyon.

négociations .

The negotiations are progressing slowly but surely.

' .

You have to train every day to make progress.

Strictly intransitive: French does not let you "progresser un projet" the way English lets you "progress a project". You progress yourself, or a project progresses on its own ( ), but you cannot progress it.

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