 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
advancement
noun
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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Advancement \Ad*vance"ment\ ([a^]d*v[.a]ns"ment), noun [OE.
avancement, F. avancement. See {Advance}, verb (used with an object)]
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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "advancement":
Great Leap Forward, 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, growth, headway, helping along, improvement, knighting,
lend-lease, lending, lending at interest, lift, loan-sharking,
loaning, 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
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