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furtherance

furtherance

8 7.9
Help that makes a plan or goal move forward
  • noun
  • /ˈfɜrðərənss/
  • Formal
translation icon : promoción
  • I mean, I have never in my life been around anybody where every breath of every day was in the furtherance of their ambitions.
  • furtherance of purposes

What could this bar do in the furtherance of a shared goal?

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Examples

  • The results of the study show that the establishment and furtherance of local and international co-authorship favor the visibility of the papers.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Therefore, my lords, omit no happy hour... that may give furtherance to our expedition.

  • What could this bar do in the furtherance of a shared goal?

  • It's to contribute to the furtherance of life and beauty on Earth, to make the world even more alive and more beautiful.

  • Toward that end, any investment advice provided in the mutual fund distribution process should be given in furtherance of investors' best interests.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Again and again they were cruelly abandoned by powers that had been happy to support them in furtherance of their own aims.

  • But I think most of these private armies are being deployed not in defense of the United States of America, but in furtherance of American corporate interests.

  • The Constitution and all laws made in furtherance of the Constitution are supreme over inconsistent state laws and state constitutions.

    Academic text (2016)
  • As the digital takeover becomes commonplace, Americans are unwittingly acquiescing to the furtherance of the cashless society.

    Blog text (29)
  • The organization focuses on activities in furtherance of educational reform.

Synonyms

advancement
vsfurtherance
119 4.1

Progress or growth that makes something better

is the act of promoting or supporting change rather than its actual progress
promotion
vsfurtherance
61 2.7

Actions that help something grow or become more accepted

is the wider process that also covers supporting and advancing beyond encouraging
forwarding
vsfurtherance
1 3.7

Helping a project or plan to make progress

is the general act of promoting or supporting any kind of progress
evangelization
vsfurtherance
7.9

Enthusiastic promotion of an idea or product to gain supporters

is a more neutral process of support without strong zeal to recruit
advocation
vsfurtherance
  • Archaic
7.5

Speaking or acting to support a cause

is broader and includes active promotion and steps to advance causes

Antonyms

222 4.8

Something that stops or slows progress and makes a task hard

21 5.7

A thing that makes it difficult to do something, like an injury or traffic

How Much Support

advancement
119 4.1
furtherance
  • Formal
8 7.9
promotion
61 2.7
to support
753 1.4
assistance
947 1.0

Surface Forms

furtherance singular
furtherances plural

Morphology

furtherance = further (transparent) = further + ance

A clear nominalization of the verb 'further' with the productive suffix '-ance' meaning 'the act or process of promoting'.

Etymology

Furtherance comes from further, which means 'more forward', and the ending -ance, which makes a noun for an action. Think of it as helping something go 'further' or move forward, which is why it means the act of promoting or advancing something.