To do a certain amount of work; to make progress towards an end.
To improve; to become better or more complete.
To develop.
To expedite.
To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.