Advancing

//ədˈvɑːnsɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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; […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    moving forward wordnet

Synonyms

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advanceadvancementapproachingapproximateattractedcareer

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"The army was advancing in the wrong direction."

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