Advancing
/ədˈvɑːnsɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
"[…] who feels, not as even the kindest and the holiest friend on earth can feel towards our patient endurance, our shortcomings, or our slow advancings […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of advance form-of, gerund, participle, present
"[…] and although my invitation extended to both runs, advancing years dictated that 3 hr. 20 min. on the footplate was more than adequate, so that I chose the northbound run only; […]"
Adjective
- 1 moving forward wordnet
Example
More examples"The army was advancing in the wrong direction."