advancement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
    promotion; furtherance.
  2. noun the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
    advance; forward motion; progression; procession; onward motion; progress.
  3. noun gradual improvement or growth or development
    progress.
    • advancement of knowledge
    • great progress in the arts

WordNet

Ad*vance"ment noun
Etymology
OE. avancement, F. avancement. See Advance, v. t.
Definitions
  1. 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.
    In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's advancement. Sir T. More.
    True religion . . . proposes for its end the joint advancement of the virtue and happiness of the people. Horsley.
  2. An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
  3. (Law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
  4. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. Obs. Bacon.

Webster 1913