Przebieg

Przebieg is a Polish noun (masculine) used to denote the course, progress, or development of something over time, as well as the distance traveled or accrued by a vehicle. It can describe a sequence of events, a process trajectory, or the mileage on a machine or vehicle.

Common uses include: in medicine, przebieg choroby refers to the course or progression of the illness; in project management, przebieg prac describes the sequence of activities; in daily life, przebieg dnia denotes the flow of the day or schedule; przebieg wydarzeń indicates how events unfold. In transportation and vehicle maintenance, przebieg usually refers to mileage (przebieg auta, przebieg silnika) and is a key factor when assessing the value or wear of a vehicle. In computing or process management, przebieg can mean the course of a process or the progression of tests (przebieg testów).

Etymology: the word derives from the verb przebiegać (to run through, to go across) with the prefix pr-/prze- expressing traversal; the sense of “course” or “progress” emerged from the idea of moving through a period or sequence. The term is widely used across technical, medical, and everyday contexts, with subtle nuances depending on the domain.

Related terms include przebieg wydarzeń (course of events) and przebieg choroby (medical history), as well as the more general bieg and tok used to describe progression or flow in different contexts.