Advancing

//ədˈvɑːnsɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    moving forward wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 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; […]"

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: advancing