advancement
noun
[ ədˈvɑːnsm(ə)nt ]
• the process of promoting a cause or plan.
• "their lives were devoted to the advancement of science"
• a development or improvement.
• "technological advancements"
Similar:
development,
progress,
evolution,
growth,
improvement,
advance,
furtherance,
forwarding,
expansion,
extension,
spread,
headway,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French avancement, from avancer ‘to advance’.
