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furtherance

UK/ˈfɜːðəɹəns//ˈfɝðɚəns/

furtherance noun: the act of furthering or helping forward; assistance towards something desired.

Noun

furtherance (countable and uncountable, plural furtherances)

  1. The act of furthering or helping forward; assistance towards something desired.
    • Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite; both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no more myself when I laid aside restraint and plunged in shame, than when I laboured, in the eye of day, at the furtherance of knowledge or the relief of sorrow and suffering.1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 107

furtherance meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

furtherance in Tamil

காரிய முன்னேற்றம், உயர்வு

furtherance in Malayalam

advancement, promotion, furthering
സംവർദ്ധനം, മുന്നേറുന്നതിനു സഹായിക്കൽ, ഉപകാരം, അഭിവൃദ്ധമാക്കൽ, കയറ്റം കൊടുക്കൽ, ഉന്നതിവരുത്തൽ

Synonyms of furtherance

Forms of furtherance

pluralfurtherances

Origin of furtherance

From further + -ance.

Words formed from furtherance

Questions about furtherance

What does furtherance mean?
Furtherance means the act of furthering or helping forward; assistance towards something desired.
What is furtherance in Tamil?
Furtherance in Tamil is காரிய முன்னேற்றம், உயர்வு. See Furtherance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is furtherance?
Furtherance is a noun.
How do you pronounce furtherance?
Furtherance is pronounced /ˈfɜːðəɹəns/ (UK).
What is the plural of furtherance?
The plural of furtherance is furtherances.

Words near furtherance in the dictionary

  1. further
  2. further education
  3. further flung
  4. further-flung
  5. further-reaching
  6. furtherance
  7. furtherances
  8. furthered
  9. furtherer
  10. furtherers
  11. furtherest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: furtherance (page history and authors); furtherance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); furtherance (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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