Postoupili

Postoupili is the past tense form of the Czech verb postoupit, meaning they advanced or they progressed. It is used to describe that a group of people or entities moved forward in a sequence, competition, or process, usually in the context of achieving a higher stage or level.

Grammatically, postoupit is a perfective verb, and postoupili is the masculine animate or mixed-gender plural past tense form. The feminine plural form is postoupily, while the neuter form is postoupilo. The form and its variants reflect the subject's gender and number, as is typical for Czech past tense conjugation.

Etymology traces the root to postup (progress, step) with the prefix po-, reinforcing the sense of forward movement. The word is commonly used in journalism, sports reporting, and everyday language to indicate that participants have moved on to the next round, milestone, or stage of a process.

Common contexts include sports where teams advance to the next round, elections or competitions where participants progress, and descriptions of project milestones or organizational developments. Example sentences: Tým postoupili do semifinále. The same root appears in related forms such as postup, postupovat, and postupný, which share the theme of advancing or progressing.

See also: postoupit, postup, postupovat, postupný.