advancement
/ædˈvɑːns.mənt/US/ædˈvæns.mənt/
advancement noun: the act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity.
Noun
advancement (countable and uncountable, plural advancements)
- The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
- the advancement of learning
- Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian
- Synonyms:
- progression, improvement, furtherance
- The state of being advanced
- How advanced something is
- An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
- Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
advancement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
advancement in Hindi
- act of advancing
- उन्नति unnati, प्रगति pragti, विकास vikās
- state of being advanced
- विकसित viksit
advancement in Tamil
- முன்னேற்றம் அடையல், இலக்கை எட்டல், உயர்வு, மேம்பாடு, வளர்ச்சி, அபிவிருத்தி
advancement in Urdu
- advancement
- آبادانی ābādānī
advancement in Bengali
- advancement, forward movement, progressive motion
- অগ্রগতি ôgrôgôti, অগ্রগমন ôgrôgômôn, অগ্রসরণ ôgrôśôrôn, অগ্রসৃতি ôgrôsriti
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- advancement in Malayalam
- പുരോഗമനം purōgamanaṁ
- advancement in Kannada
- ಮುಂಸರಿಕೆ, ಮುಂದುವರಿಕೆ, ಮುನ್ನಡೆ, ಪ್ರಗತಿ
- advancement in Gujarati
- ઉદ્ધાર uddhār
- advancement in Sanskrit
- वृद्धि vṛ́ddhi
Examples of advancement in a sentence
- Regularizing spelling was an important step in the advancement of literary society.
- The lower-class people have little chance of advancement.
- With gradual advancement, these systems allowed sending digital messages to the pagee.
Synonyms of advancement
Forms of advancement
| plural | advancements |
|---|---|
| alternative form | advancemente |
| alternative form | advauncement |
| alternative form | advauncemente |
Origin of advancement
From Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance. Morphologically advance + -ment.
Words formed from advancement
Phrases with advancement
Questions about advancement
- What does advancement mean?
- Advancement means the act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity.
- What is advancement in Hindi?
- Advancement in Hindi is उन्नति (unnati), प्रगति (pragti), विकास (vikās). See Advancement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is advancement?
- Advancement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce advancement?
- Advancement is pronounced /ædˈvɑːns.mənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of advancement?
- The plural of advancement is advancements.
Words near advancement in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: advancement (page history and authors); advancement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آبادانی (Urdu) (page history and authors); অগ্রগতি (Bengali) (page history and authors); പുരോഗമനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); advancement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वृद्धि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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