advancement

English

Alternative forms

• advancemente (obsolete)
• advauncement (obsolete)
• advauncemente (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance.

Morphologically advance +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ædˈvɑːns.mənt/, /ədˈvɑːns.mənt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ædˈvæns.mənt/, [ædˈvɛəns.mənt], /ədˈvæns.mənt/, [ədˈvɛəns.mənt]

Noun

advancement (countable and uncountable, plural advancements)

1. The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity

   Synonyms: progression, improvement, furtherance

   the advancement of learning

   • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

2. The state of being advanced
3. How advanced something is
4. An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
5. (law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

Derived terms

• advancement campout
• institutional advancement
• nonadvancement
• readvancement
• self-advancement
• unadvancement

 

Translations

act of advancing

• Albanian: mbrothësi (sq) f
• Esperanto: antaŭenigo
• Finnish: edistyminen (fi)
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 f (framgahts)
• Greek: προαγωγή (el) f (proagogí)

  Ancient: προκοπή f (prokopḗ)

• Gujarati: ઉદ્ધાર (uddhār)
• Icelandic: framfarir
• Italian: progresso (it), miglioramento (it)
• Latin: progressus m

state of being advanced

• Albanian: mbrothësi (sq) f
• Bulgarian: прогрес (bg) (progres), повишение (bg) (povišenie)
• Czech: pokrok (cs) m, vývoj (cs) m
• Dutch: gevorderdheid f, vooruitgang (nl) m
• Finnish: edistys (fi)
• French: progrès (fr) m
• German: Fortschritt (de) m
• Greek: προαγωγή (el) f (proagogí), προβιβασμός (el) m (provivasmós), προκοπή (el) f (prokopí)

  Ancient: προκοπή f (prokopḗ)

• Romanian: progres (ro) n, dezvoltare (ro) f
• Russian: прогре́сс (ru) m (progréss), продвиже́ние (ru) n (prodvižénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: àrdachadh m
• Spanish: ascenso (es) m, progreso (es) m

payment in advance — see advance payment

property given in advance of future distribution

• Dutch: voorschot op de erfenis n (inheritance)
• Finnish: ennakkoperintö (fi) (inheritance), ennakko (fi) (general)
• French: avancement d’hoirie m (inheritance)
• German: Erbvorbezug m (inheritance)
• Italian: anticipo sull'eredità m (inheritance)
• Spanish: avance de herencia m

References

• “advancement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French avancement, with the d added back to reflect the Latin.

Noun

advancement m (plural advancemens)

1. advance (forward movement)

Descendants

• French: avancement