furtherance
- noun
- /ˈfɜrðərənss/
- Formal
- 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?
- What could this bar do in the furtherance of a shared goal?
- He pleads guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in the furtherance of a drug conspiracy.
- And Nixon actually told the Russians that he was willing to give up Vietnam for the furtherance of the strategic arm limitation talks.
- I mean, I have never in my life been around anybody where every breath of every day was in the furtherance of their ambitions.
- It's to contribute to the furtherance of life and beauty on Earth, to make the world even more alive and more beautiful.
Examples
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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.
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What could this bar do in the furtherance of a shared goal?
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It's to contribute to the furtherance of life and beauty on Earth, to make the world even more alive and more beautiful.
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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.
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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.
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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
Progress or growth that makes something better
Actions that help something grow or become more accepted
Helping a project or plan to make progress
Enthusiastic promotion of an idea or product to gain supporters
Speaking or acting to support a cause
Antonyms
How Much Support
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.