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Furtherance
//ˈfɜːðəɹəns// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act of furthering or helping forward; assistance towards something desired. countable, uncountable
"Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite; both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no more myself when I laid aside restraint and plunged in shame, than when I laboured, in the eye of day, at the furtherance of knowledge or the relief of sorrow and suffering."
- 2 the advancement of some enterprise wordnet
- 3 encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something wordnet
Etymology
From further + -ance.
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