PROGRESS TO

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does progress to mean? 

• PROGRESS TO (verb)
  The verb PROGRESS TO has 1 sense:

1. reach a goal

  Familiarity information: PROGRESS TO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROGRESS TO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reach a goal

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

get to; make; progress to; reach

Context example:

She may not make the grade

Hypernyms (to "progress to" is one way to...):

accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

When transplanted into syngeneic mice, these lesions do not progress to malignancy.

(Inflammatory Nodule of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It may progress to involve the deeper layers of the gastric wall.

(Gastric Ulcer, NCI Thesaurus)

Over half of these tumours show defects in the tumour suppressors p53 and/or the retinoblastoma protein (RB) genes and pathways, and over 50% of these tumours progress to local and distant metastases.

(Bladder Cancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The adenomas are most often tubular, and they have the tendency to progress to adenocarcinoma.

(Familial adenomatous polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)

It may progress to or co-exist with invasive squamous cell carcinoma.

(Laryngeal Keratosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Formation is usually related to sun exposure during youth, and the lesions do not typically progress to malignancy.

(Lentigo, NCI Thesaurus)

A frequently associated physical finding is bitemporal hemianopsia which may progress to further visual loss.

(Pituitary Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The lesions develop as erythematous scaly patches that progress to crusted, pruritic, erythematous plaques.

(Extramammary Paget Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Clinical course may progress to chronic hypoxemia with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular sequelae.

(Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of multiple colorectal polyps that may progress to carcinoma.

(MUTYH-Associate Polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)