"advancement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ædˈvɑːns.mənt/ [UK], /ədˈvɑːns.mənt/ [UK], /ædˈvæns.mənt/ [US], [ædˈvɛəns.mənt] [US], /ədˈvæns.mənt/ [US], [ədˈvɛəns.mənt] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-advancement.wav , en-GB-advancement.ogg Forms: advancements [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance. Morphologically advance + -ment Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|avancement}} Middle English avancement, {{der|en|fro|avancement}} Old French avancement, {{suffix|en|advance|ment|nocat=1}} advance + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} advancement (countable and uncountable, plural advancements)
  1. The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: progression, improvement, furtherance Translations (act of advancing): mbrothësi [feminine] (Albanian), προκοπή (prokopḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), antaŭenigo (Esperanto), edistyminen (Finnish), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (framgahts) [feminine] (Gothic), προαγωγή (proagogí) [feminine] (Greek), ઉદ્ધાર (uddhār) (Gujarati), framfarir (Icelandic), progresso (Italian), miglioramento (Italian), progressus [masculine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-advancement-en-noun-ALoKTHRf Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 33 2 28 21 Disambiguation of 'act of advancing': 76 6 5 6 8
  2. The state of being advanced Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being advanced): mbrothësi [feminine] (Albanian), προκοπή (prokopḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), прогрес (progres) (Bulgarian), повишение (povišenie) (Bulgarian), pokrok [masculine] (Czech), vývoj [masculine] (Czech), gevorderdheid [feminine] (Dutch), vooruitgang [masculine] (Dutch), edistys (Finnish), progrès [masculine] (French), Fortschritt [masculine] (German), προαγωγή (proagogí) [feminine] (Greek), προβιβασμός (provivasmós) [masculine] (Greek), προκοπή (prokopí) [feminine] (Greek), progres [neuter] (Romanian), dezvoltare [feminine] (Romanian), прогре́сс (progréss) [masculine] (Russian), продвиже́ние (prodvižénije) [neuter] (Russian), àrdachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ascenso [masculine] (Spanish), progreso [masculine] (Spanish)
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  3. How advanced something is Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-advancement-en-noun-PfuzmHT6
  4. An advance of money or value; payment in advance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-advancement-en-noun-uHQsNma6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 33 2 28 21
  5. (law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (property given in advance of future distribution): voorschot op de erfenis (english: inheritance) [neuter] (Dutch), ennakkoperintö (english: inheritance) (Finnish), ennakko [general] (Finnish), avancement d’hoirie (english: inheritance) [masculine] (French), Erbvorbezug (english: inheritance) [masculine] (German), anticipo sull'eredità (english: inheritance) [masculine] (Italian), avance de herencia [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-advancement-en-noun-2~nj92h5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 33 2 28 21 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'property given in advance of future distribution': 6 9 3 25 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: advancemente [obsolete], advauncement [obsolete], advauncemente [obsolete] Derived forms: advancement campout, institutional advancement, nonadvancement, readvancement, self-advancement, unadvancement

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "it",
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