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advancement
noun
1 advancement
Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something.
synonyms: furtherance, promotion.
Roget 658:
improvement;
amelioration,
melioration;
betterment;
mend,
amendment,
emendation;
mending
etc.
v.;
advancement;
advance
etc.
(progress)
282;
ascent
etc.
305;
promotion,
preferment;
elevation
etc.
307;
increase
etc.
35;
cultivation,
civilization;
culture,
march of intellect;
menticulture†;
race-culture,
eugenics.
reform,
reformation;
revision,
radical reform;
second thoughts,
correction,
limoe labor [Lat.],
refinement,
elaboration;
purification
etc.
652;
oxidation;
repair
etc.
(restoration)
660;
recovery
etc.
660.
revise,
new edition.
reformer,
radical.
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2 advancement
The act of moving forward (as toward a goal).
synonyms: advance, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression.
Roget 282:
progress,
progression,
progressiveness;
advancing
etc.
v.;
advance,
advancement;
ongoing;
flood,
tide,
headway;
march
etc.
266;
rise;
improvement
etc.
658.
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Dutch: continuïteit, voortgang, vooruitgang
3 advancement
Gradual improvement or growth or development:
— Advancement of knowledge.
synonym: progress.
Dutch: continuïteit, progressie, voortgang, vooruitgang, vordering, vorderingen
Polish: postęp, krok, krok naprzód
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