advancement

1 encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something [syn: promotion, furtherance]

2 the act of moving forward toward a goal [syn: progress, progression, procession, advance, forward motion, onward motion]

3 gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" [syn: progress]

English

Etymology

avancement, avancement. See advance.

Pronunciation

• a US /ædˈvæns.mɛnt/ or /ɛdˈvæns.mɛnt/

Noun

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.
2. An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
3. Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

References

Advance may refer to:

• Advance, an offensive push in sports, games, thoughts or military combat
• Advance payment for goods or services
• USS Advance, the name of several ships in the United States Navy
• Game Boy Advance, one generation of Nintendo's Game Boy
• Advance (LFO album), an album by English electronic band LFO, originally released on Warp Records in 1996
• Advancement, a synonym for fundraising

Places in the United States

• Advance, Indiana
• Advance, Michigan
• Advance, Missouri
• Advance, North Carolina
• Advance, Wisconsin
• Advance Township, North Dakota
• Advance, Iowa

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