furtherance

Noun

Meaning

The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

advancement forwarding promotion march championship development support addition growth help rise gain aid expansion advance
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Antonyms

swindle fall ebbing damage decline decrease
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Hypernyms

progress advancement encouragement

Phrases with the word

in the furtherance of justice in the furtherance of

Examples

his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career Source: Internet

Adams 1995 p. 463; Adams 2002 p. 190 Leicester was especially interested in the furtherance of preaching, which was the main concern of moderate Puritanism. Source: Internet

A federal grand jury in Maryland returned an indictment charging Julian Bernard-Alexander Blair, age 27, of Washington, D.C., with discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Source: Internet

Adams supported Jefferson's appointment to the Committee of Five formed to write the Declaration in furtherance of the Lee Resolution passed by the Congress. Source: Internet

“Although not a new movement, Involuntary Celibates (Incels) are an emerging domestic terrorism threat as current adherents demonstrate marked acts or threats of violence in furtherance of their social grievance,” the report noted. Source: Internet

Edith initially did not pursue the furtherance of their physical interaction with the vigor of Wilson, but she gradually warmed to the relationship and they became secretly engaged in the fall of 1915. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

further, likewise further-up further-up side furtherer furthering furtherly