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furtherings

furtherings is the plural of furthering.

Meaning of furthering

Noun

furthering (plural furtherings)

  1. The act by which something is furthered; furtherance.
    • […] the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swims and makes his point or else is carried headlong.1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XV, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II, page 266

Questions about furtherings

What is furtherings the plural of?
Furtherings is the plural of furthering.

Words near furtherings in the dictionary

  1. furthered
  2. furtherer
  3. furtherers
  4. furtherest
  5. furthering
  6. furtherings
  7. furtherly
  8. furtherment
  9. furthermore
  10. furthermoreover
  11. furthermost

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