Advancement
[əd'vɑːnsm(ə)nt] or [əd'vænsmənt]
Definition
(noun.) gradual improvement or growth or development; 'advancement of knowledge'; 'great progress in the arts'.
Typist: Lucas--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
(v. t.) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
(v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure.
Editor: Ned
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Progress, progression, proficiency.[2]. Promotion, preferment, elevation, exaltation, aggrandizement.[3]. Improvement, advance, growth.
Inputed by Alan
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ADVANCE]
Checked by Horatio
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of advancing in any engagement, denotes your rapid ascendency to preferment and to the consummation of affairs of the heart. To see others advancing, foretells that friends will hold positions of favor near you.
Edited by Dorothy
Examples
- So the advancement began. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This is a great advancement for her in life, Mr Rokesmith. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A charter of incorporation was granted in July, 1662; and, later, Charles II proclaimed himself founder and patron of the Royal Society for the advancement of natural science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As he fights he wins approval and advancement; as he refrains, he is disliked, ridiculed, shut out from favorable recognition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- His claims formed an undertow to the resentment of Medina and of the rival families of Mecca against the advancement of the Omayyads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Most of the former are manifestly unscrupulous adventurers who try to utilize the public necessity and unhappiness for their own advancement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In them was neither improvement nor advancement for the people. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- An important step in the advancement of this art was made by the introduction of _power presses_ worked by steam. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I do, said the Preceptor, nor do I scruple to do aught for advancement of the Order--but there is little time to find engines fitting. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Their means were as different as their objects, and equally suited to the advancement of each. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The former according to him encourage s the deterioration of humanity; the latter promotes advancement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This improvement inevitably leads to the gradual advancement of the organisation of the greater number of living beings throughout the world. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He was too busy, too practical, and above all too much preoccupied with his own advancement, to indulge in such unprofitable asides. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The physicians and the sons of physicians ha ve borne a particularly honorable part in the advancement of physical as well as mental science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Its comparative absence in the Southern American continent was not the least cause of the trifling advancement made there during three centuries and a half. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The study and application of these conditions created great advancements in gas engines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To understand and appreciate the advancements that have been made in metallurgy in the nineteenth century, it is necessary to know, in outline at least, what before had been developed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Sharif