Other forms: advancements
Advancement is moving forward, especially in a career. Career advancement, the advancement of knowledge, opportunities for advancement.
In job advertisements it is a promise about promotion, and the absence of the word is itself information. It also means progress in general — the advancement of science. Note advance, from a French word meaning to move forward.
1nounadvancementMoving forward, especially in a career.
“The job offers good pay and chances for advancement.”
advancement is a moving forward.
Old French avancement comes from avancer, to move forward, from Late Latin abante, from before.
Old French
avancement
Middle English
avancement
English, today
advancement
From Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance. Morphologically advance + ment.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA