Furtherance
['fɜːð(ə)r(ə)ns]
Definition
(n.) The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Promotion, advancement, helping forward.
Checker: Mae
Examples
- What is the secret of Madame Fosco's unhesitating devotion of herself to the fulfilment of my boldest wishes, to the furtherance of my deepest plans? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Her intrigues with Russia for the furtherance of her object, excited the jealousy of the Porte, and the animosity of the Greek government. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Whether out of compassion for them, or in furtherance of his own self-interests, it would be difficult to say. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Johnson, who represented Edison, there went to England for the furtherance of this telephone enterprise, Mr. Charles Edison, a nephew of the inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The focus of his scientific interest, however, rested on the furtherance of the application of the electrical studies of Galvani and Volta in chemical analysis. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We agree to keep our own secret, and to work together in furtherance of our own schemes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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