advancement

B2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ædˈvæns.mənt/ UK /ædˈvɑːns.mənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #19241

Meanings

1

noun
Progress or development in knowledge, skill, or a field of work.

The advancement of medical science has saved millions of lives.
2

noun
Promotion to a higher position or rank, especially at work.

The job offers good opportunities for advancement.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · progress or development in... progress progression improvement

2 noun · promotion to a higher... furtherance promotion

Word family

Forms advancements

Derived forms nonadvancementreadvancementself-advancementunadvancement

Etymology

From Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance. Morphologically advance + -ment.

avancement Middle English

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# advancement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ædˈvæns.mənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ædˈvɑːns.mənt/
**Frequency rank:** 19241

## Meanings
1. Progress or development in knowledge, skill, or a field of work.
2. Promotion to a higher position or rank, especially at work.

## Examples
- The advancement of medical science has saved millions of lives.
- The job offers good opportunities for advancement.

## Derived Forms
- nonadvancement
- readvancement
- self-advancement
- unadvancement

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: avancement

## Etymology
From Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance. Morphologically advance + -ment.

## AI Etymology
Advancement is from Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance. Morphologically advance plus -ment. The suffix -ment makes a noun of action, result, or state from the base, matching uses in which the word names an act, process, outcome, or condition. In use as a noun, advancement denotes progress or development in knowledge, skill, or a field of work and promotion to a higher position or rank, especially at work. The same word family continues in derived forms such as nonadvancement, readvancement, self-advancement, and unadvancement.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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