Events

Synonyms for progress

Two senses of progress live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsEvents

a movement forward

He listened for the progress of the troops.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

advance

Same sentence, swapped: He listened for the advance of the troops.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for progress as it is used in the sentence above.

entrance
creep
campaign

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 3, RidgelineActions

gradual improvement or growth or development

Great progress in the arts.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

advancement

Same sentence, swapped: Great advancement in the arts.

Close but different

broadening
campaign
shift

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Closest first: other events words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

currentnounflowdominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideasFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line disasternountragedyan event resulting in great loss and misfortuneFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line endnounlastthe final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrenceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line finishnounendingevent whose occurrence ends somethingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line returnnounhomecominga coming to or returning homeTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line revolutionnounrotationa single complete turn (axial or orbital)RidgelineHas a reason line revolutionaryadjectiveradicalmarkedly new or introducing radical changeTreeline killverbdefeatthwart the passage ofFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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