progress

noun 6 senses

gradual improvement or growth or development

Qwen3 8B
DeepSeek V3
Mistral 7B

Lexical record · WordNet measured

gradual improvement or growth or development
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Representation snapshot

// qwen
dimension count = 4,096
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = -0.00028
median activation = -0.00019
std. deviation = 0.01562

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d780
value = -0.06572
median = -0.00019
z-score = -4.1943σ
absolute deviation = 0.06553
// deepseek
dimension count = 7,168
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = n/a
median activation = 0.00011
std. deviation = 0.01181

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d6642
value = 0.05568
median = 0.00011
z-score = 4.7045σ
absolute deviation = 0.05557
// mistral
dimension count = 4,096
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = -0.00026
median activation = -0.0004
std. deviation = 0.01562

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d2600
value = -0.06752
median = -0.0004
z-score = -4.2962σ
absolute deviation = 0.06712

Semantic proximity · cosine similarity

TermCosineDistance
progression 0.1294 0.8706
success 0.1224 0.8776
passageway 0.1219 0.8781
pass 0.1203 0.8797
status 0.1185 0.8815
progressed 0.1165 0.8835
logic 0.1117 0.8883
wages 0.1102 0.8898
TermCosineDistance
progressed 0.4228 0.5772
progression 0.3361 0.6639
advances 0.2813 0.7187
success 0.2753 0.7247
process 0.2711 0.7289
advance 0.2671 0.7329
progressive 0.2528 0.7472
egress 0.2524 0.7476
TermCosineDistance
progressed 0.8727 0.1273
progression 0.8206 0.1794
progressively 0.7625 0.2375
advance 0.2038 0.7962
progressive 0.1949 0.8051
development 0.1942 0.8058
advancement 0.1940 0.8060
transition 0.1937 0.8063

Similarity is distributional, not a dictionary synonym label. High similarity can occur between antonyms because they occupy similar contextual environments.

Opposition candidates

TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
retreat 0.0732 0.0166 0.05 weak opposition
TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
retreat 0.0947 0.0495 0.10 weak opposition
TermCosinePolarity ΔScoreRelation
retreat 0.0912 0.0052 0.05 weak opposition

Seeds are WordNet antonyms, ranked by embedding geometry. Opposition is never inferred from cosine distance alone: antonyms sit close, not far.

Tokenization · per model measured

ModelTokensPieces
DeepSeek V3 1 progress
Mistral 7B 1 progress
Qwen3 8B 1 progress

Sense inventory · WordNet measured

SynsetPOSDefinitionLemmas
advancement.n.03 noun gradual improvement or growth or development advancement
progress.n.02 noun the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion
progress.n.03 noun a movement forward progression, advance
progress.v.01 verb develop in a positive way come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up
advance.v.01 verb move forward, also in the metaphorical sense advance, pass on, move on, march on, go on
build_up.v.02 verb form or accumulate steadily build up, work up, build