[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

advancement \advance"ment\ a^dv.ans"ment, n. oe.
   avancement, f. avancement. see advance, v. t.
   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.
      1913 webster

            in heaven . . . every one so well they love each
            other rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's
            advancement.                          --sir t. more.
      1913 webster

            true religion . . . proposes for its end the joint
            advancement of the virtue and happiness of the
            people.                               --horsley.
      1913 webster

   2. an advance of money or value; payment in advance. see
      advance, 5.
      1913 webster

   3. law property given, usually by a parent to a child, in
      advance of a future distribution.
      1913 webster

   4. settlement on a wife, or jointure. obs. --bacon.
      1913 webster
see also:
advance 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

advancement
     n 1: encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of
          something syn: promotion, furtherance
     2: the act of moving forward toward a goal syn: progress, progression,
         procession, advance, forward motion, onward motion
     3: gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement
        of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" syn: progress
see also:
promotion furtherance progress progression procession advance 
forward motion onward motion 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

105 moby thesaurus words for "advancement":
   great leap forward, accomplishment, advance, advancing,
   aggrandizement, amelioration, amendment, amplification, anabasis,
   ascent, bettering, betterment, blossoming, boost, career, course,
   development, developmental change, dignification, elaboration,
   elevation, enhancement, enlargement, ennoblement, enrichment,
   eugenics, euthenics, evolution, evolutionary change, evolvement,
   evolving, exaltation, expansion, expediting, expedition,
   explication, facilitation, flowering, forward motion, forwardal,
   forwarding, furtherance, furthering, go-ahead, gradual change,
   graduation, growth, headway, helping along, improvement, knighting,
   lend-lease, lending, lending at interest, lift, loan-sharking,
   loaning, magnification, march, maturation, melioration, mend,
   mending, moneylending, natural development, natural growth,
   nonviolent change, ongoing, onward course, passage, passing,
   pay raise, pickup, preference, preferential treatment, preferment,
   proficiency, progress, progression, progressiveness, promotion,
   raise, raising, recovery, restoration, revival, ripening, rise,
   rolling, rolling on, rushing, shylocking, special treatment,
   speeding, travel, upbeat, upgrading, uplift, uplifting, upping,
   upswing, uptrend, upward mobility, usury, way

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