advancement
Use Advancement in a sentence
mənt, -ˈvɑns- noun
1.
an act of moving forward.
2.
promotion in rank or standing; preferment: She had high hopes for advancement in the company.
3.
Law. money or property given by one person during his or her lifetime to another that is considered an anticipation of an inheritance and is therefore to be deducted from any share that the recipient may have in a donor's estate.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | promotion in rank, status, etc; preferment |
| 2. | advance a less common word for advance |
| 3. | property law the use during a testator's lifetime of money or property for the benefit of a child or other person who is a prospective beneficiary in the testator's will |
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Word Origin & History
advancement
c.1300, "a raising to a higher rank," from O.Fr. avancement, from L. avancer (see advance). Of money, from 1640s.
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Medical Dictionary
advancement ad·vance·ment (ād-vāns'mənt)
n.
A surgical procedure in which a tendinous insertion or a skin flap is severed from its attachment and is sutured to a further point on the body.
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Example sentences
Elegance unquestionably plays a big part in the advancement of science.
The article also does not take into account technological advancement and the end of human evolution.
The interesting, and biological advancement is the intelligent leap to a different food source.
If not they are going to be cutting back any form of advancement.
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