advancement (ədˈvɑːnsmənt
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Definitions
noun
- promotion in rank, status, etc; preferment
- a less common word for advance (sense 10) , advance (sense 11)
- property law the use during a testator's lifetime of money or property for the benefit of a child or other person who is a prospective beneficiary in the testator's will
Synonyms
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promotion,
rise,
gain,
growth,
advance,
progress,
improvement,
betterment,
preferment,
amelioration,
Usage examples
Burnell said that, being without ambition, he could live without advancement.
, Somewhere East of Life (1994)But this should not be accompanied by greed, and a constant desire for ostentation and material advancement.
Business Today (1998)Frustration sets in among the best of the better who are looking for advancement.
Globe and Mail (2003)The new regulation states that advancement of play for a direct free-kick must STOP on the edge of the penalty box.
Sun, News of the World (2001)The manipulating party can act in the genuine belief that they are furthering their partner's advancement.
, POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but were afraid to put into practice (2001)