- an advancing or being advanced
- promotion, as to a higher rank
- progress or improvement; furtherance
- Law money or property given as an advance share in the estate of a person who later dies without making a will: it is deducted from the total share of the recipient in the intestate's estate
noun
- A promotion at work is an example of an advancement.
- The Internet's effect on the speed of communication is an example of advancement.
The definition of advancement is a forward movement or improvement.
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noun
- A forward step; an improvement.
- Development; progress: the advancement of knowledge.
- A promotion, as in rank.
- The act of moving forward. See Usage Note at advance.
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Noun
(plural advancements)
- 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.
- An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
- (law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
Origin
Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance.
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advancement - Legal Definition
n
An irrevocable gift to an
heir during an intestate’s life, given with the intention that it shall
diminish or extinguish the heir’s share of the intestate’s estate under the
laws of intestate succession. See also satisfaction,
ademption, and lapse.
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advancement - Medical Definition
n.
A surgical procedure in which a tendinous insertion or a skin flap is severed from its attachment and sutured to a further point on the body.
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Sentence Examples
- His advancement was rapid.
- The continuing advancement of civilization.
- Only those who are with her daily can realize the rapid advancement which she is making in the acquisition of language.
- These were not to be employed for the advancement of English interests alone.
- Progress and material prosperity made steady advancement in Brazil.
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