About The Word Advancement
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Advancement
Advancement Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Advancement?
[n] gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"; "their research and development gave them an advantage"
[n] the act of moving forward toward a goal [n] encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something Synonyms | Synonyms for Advancement: advance | forward motion | furtherance | onward motion | progress | progression | promotion Related Terms | Find terms related to Advancement: accomplishment | advance | advancing | aggrandizement | amelioration | amendment | amplification | anabasis | ascent | bettering | betterment | blossoming | boost | career | course | development | developmental change | dignification | elaboration | elevation | enhancement | enlargement | ennoblement | enrichment | eugenics | euthenics | evolution | evolutionary change | evolvement | evolving | exaltation | expansion | expediting | expedition | explication | facilitation | flowering | forward motion | forwardal | forwarding | furtherance | furthering | go-ahead | gradual change | graduation | Great Leap Forward | growth | headway | helping along | improvement | knighting | lending | lending at interest | lend-lease | lift | loaning | loan-sharking | magnification | march | maturation | melioration | mend | mending | moneylending | natural development | natural growth | nonviolent change | ongoing | onward course | passage | passing | pay raise | pickup | preference | preferential treatment | preferment | proficiency | progress | progression | progressiveness | promotion | raise | raising | recovery | restoration | revival | ripening | rise | rolling | rolling on | rushing | shylocking | special treatment | speeding | travel | upbeat | upgrading | uplift | uplifting | upping | upswing | uptrend | upward mobility | usury | way See Also | career | clear sailing | development | easy going | encouragement | forwarding | furtherance | leapfrog | life history | march | motion | move | movement | plain sailing | promotion | push | stride | workflow Advancement In Webster's Dictionary \Ad*vance"ment\ ([a^]d*v[.a]ns"ment), n. [OE.
avancement, F. avancement. See {Advance}, v. t.]
1. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced;
progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a
higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.
In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each
other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's
advancement. --Sir T. More.
True religion . . . proposes for its end the joint
advancement of the virtue and happiness of the
people. --Horsley.
2. An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See
{Advance}, 5.
3. (Law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in
advance of a future distribution.
4. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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