Synonyms for advancement
ædˈvæns mənt, -ˈvɑns-ad·vance·ment

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1. advancement

   Progress (Latin pro, forward, gradior, go) is a moving onward or forward, whether in space or in the mental or moral realm, and may be either mechanical, individual, or social. Attainment, development, and proficiency are more absolute than the other words of the group, denoting some point of advantage or of comparative perfection reached by forward or onward movement; we speak of attainments in virtue or scholarship, proficiency in music or languages, the development of new powers or organs; proficiency includes the idea of skill. Advance may denote either a forward movement or the point gained by forward movement, but always relatively with reference to the point from which the movement started; as, this is a great advance. Advance admits the possibility of retreat; progress (Latin progredi, to walk forward) is steady and constant forward movement, admitting of pause, but not of retreat; advance suggests more clearly a point to be reached, while progress lays the emphasis upon the forward movement; we may speak of slow or rapid progress, but more naturally of swift advance. Progress is more frequently used of abstractions; as, the progress of ideas; progression fixes the attention chiefly upon the act of moving forward. In a thing good in itself all advance or progress is improvement; there is a growing tendency to restrict the words to this favorable sense, using increase indifferently of good or evil; one may say without limitation, "I am an advocate of progress."

   Synonyms:
   advance, attainment, development, growth, improvement, increase, proficiency, progress, progression

   Antonyms:
   check, decline, delay, falling back, falling off, relapse, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage

   Preposition:
   The progress of truth; progress in virtue; toward perfection; from a lower to a higher state.

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1. promotion, furtherance, advancementnoun

   encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

   Synonyms:
   promotional material, forwarding, furtherance, procession, packaging, progress, promotion, advance, publicity, onward motion, progression, forward motion

2. progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motionnoun

   the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

   Synonyms:
   rise, forward motion, emanation, cash advance, progress, feeler, patterned advance, progression, improvement, approach, furtherance, advance, procession, betterment, overture, onward motion, promotion

3. advancement, progressnoun

   gradual improvement or growth or development

   "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"

   Synonyms:
   progress, procession, furtherance, promotion, advance, progression, onward motion, forward motion

Matched Categories

1. • Development
   • Encouragement

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1. advancementnoun

   Synonyms:
   progress, progression, proficiency

2. advancementnoun

   Synonyms:
   promotion, preferment, elevation, exaltation, aggrandizement

3. advancementnoun

   Synonyms:
   improvement, advance, growth

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1. advancementnoun

   Synonyms:
   progress, progression, promotion, preferment, exaltation, aggrandizement, furtherance

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1. List of paraphrases for "advancement":

   promotion, progress, prepayment, promoting, 'avancement, advance, progression, promote, promotional, enhance, upliftment, raise, advocacy, promotions, development, raising, reached, enhancing, breakthrough, achievement, empowerment, improvement, improve

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1. Japan Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso:

   There are still some Asian economies where insufficient infrastructure is bottlenecking industrial advancement, infrastructure investment is a stimulus not only for domestic demand, but would also attract investment by foreign firms.

2. Norman Thomas:

   After I asked him what he meant, he replied that freedom consisted of the unimpeded right to get rich, to use his ability, no matter what the cost to others, to win advancement.

3. Stacey Abrams:

   Across the South, we have local leaders dedicated to improving the lives of those around us, and our goal is to call upon that common bond and support this transformative work through the Southern Economic Advancement Project, sEAP exists to connect, amplify and ultimately help produce exciting innovations and opportunities for the South.

4. Benjamin Alexander:

   And now, their national ski federation or local club is putting in $ 150,000-250,000 a year for their advancement.

5. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   The footprint of progress must never trample upon the footprint of nature. And so human advancement must never overshadow or destroy nature upon which all life depends.