advancing

3.4

Moving forward or making progress slowly and steadily

adjective
/ədˈvænsɪŋ/

: avanzando

The advancing storm clouds signaled that rain was on the way.

Examples

The company's advancing technology is helping to improve efficiency.
She celebrated her advancing skills in painting during the exhibition.
As the world economy recovers, the divergence in unit labor costs between the Euro Zone and the Advancing Economies will put huge pressures on Europe.

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Synonyms

to develop

vsadvancing

905 1.6

To grow or change slowly to become more mature

focuses on forward movement or progress rather than internal growth

to making progress

vsadvancing

251 2.8

Getting better at a task or skill you are working on

is the broad idea of gradual continuous forward motion rather than task focus

to move ahead

vsadvancing

61 2.7

To start or continue something so it gets closer to a goal

is general gradual forward motion without specifying a target or goal

to march on

vsadvancing

30 3.3

Move forward in a steady, determined way

focuses on gradual progress rather than inevitable or time-related advance

to push forward

vsadvancing

19 3.1

To keep making progress despite problems

stresses gradual continuous motion rather than resolute struggle against barriers

to march forward

vsadvancing

3 3.7

To move forward steadily despite problems

is gradual continuous movement without the extra sense of resolve

improving

vsadvancing

1.4

Becoming better over time

emphasizes forward motion and progress rather than change in quality

Antonyms

retreat

93 4.4

A move back from a place to escape danger

to regress

24 7.5

To return to an earlier, less developed or worse state

How Far

to surge

57 4.1

advancing

3.4

to advance

417 3.4

to move ahead

61 2.7

crawl

19 2.7

Surface Forms

advancing positive

Morphology

advancing = advance (transparent) = advance + ing

Formed by adding the productive verbal suffix '-ing' to 'advance', yielding an adjectival participle whose meaning ('moving forward' or 'progressing') directly follows from the verb.

Etymology

Advancing comes from the verb advance, made of the prefix ad- meaning 'to' and the root vance meaning 'front', as in vanguard, the group at the 'front'. So to be advancing is to move 'to the front' — in other words, to move forward or make progress.