progressing
v.v. moving forward or improving over time. You use this when a project, a person, or a situation is getting closer to a goal.
v. moving forward in space or time; developing toward a more advanced or complete state. Often used in the continuous form to describe ongoing improvement or movement.
The construction work is progressing well.
The medical team reported that the patient is progressing toward a full recovery after the surgery.
While the initial stages were slow, the research is now progressing at a pace that suggests we will meet our deadline by the end of the quarter.
Intransitive; often followed by the adverbs 'well', 'slowly', or 'steadily', or the preposition 'toward'.
The project is progressing the goalThe project is progressing toward the goalProgressing is intransitive and cannot take a direct object; it requires a preposition like 'toward' or 'to'.