advancement

• advancemente (obsolete)
• advauncement (obsolete)
• advauncemente (obsolete)

From Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance.

Morphologically advance +‎ -ment

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ædˈvɑːns.mənt/, /ədˈvɑːns.mənt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

  • Audio (UK):

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ædˈvæns.mənt/, [ædˈvɛəns.mənt], /ədˈvæns.mənt/, [ədˈvɛəns.mənt]

advancement (countable and uncountable, plural advancements)

1. The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity

   Synonyms: progression, improvement, furtherance

   the advancement of learning

   • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.

2. The state of being advanced
3. How advanced something is
4. An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
5. (law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

• “advancement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Old French avancement, with the d added back to reflect the Latin.

advancement m (plural advancemens)

1. advance (forward movement)

• French: avancement