Advancement

n. forward movement, progress; promotion

Advance may refer to:Advance, an offensive push in sports, games, or military combatAdvance payment for goods or servicesUSS Advance was the name of several ships in the United States Navy.Advance magazine, the magazine published by the Church of Scientology's Advanced Organization of Los AngelesGame Boy Advance, one generation of Nintendo's Game Boy"Advance", an album by English electronic band LFO, originally released on Warp Records in 1996.
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Noun
1. encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
(synonym) promotion, furtherance
(hypernym) encouragement
(derivation) promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
2. the act of moving forward toward a goal
(synonym) progress, progression, procession, advance, forward motion, onward motion
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
(hyponym) push
(derivation) advance, bring forward
3. gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"
(synonym) progress
(hypernym) development
(hyponym) forwarding, furtherance, promotion
(derivation) advance

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
Settlement on a wife, or jointure.
  

(v. t.)
Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
  

(v. t.)
An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
  

To dream of advancing in any engagement, denotes your rapid ascendency to preferment and to the consummation of affairs of the heart.

To see others advancing, foretells that friends will hold positions of favor near you.