Associations to the word «Advancement»

Wiktionary

ADVANCEMENT, noun. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.
ADVANCEMENT, noun. An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
ADVANCEMENT, noun. (legal) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

Dictionary definition

ADVANCEMENT, noun. Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something.
ADVANCEMENT, noun. The act of moving forward (as toward a goal).
ADVANCEMENT, noun. Gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats