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furtherance

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fur·ther·ance  (fûrr-ns)
n.
The act of furthering, advancing, or helping forward: "Pakistan does not aspire to any . . . role in furtherance of the strategies of other powers" (Ismail Patel).
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Noun1.furtherance - encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
advancement, promotion
encouragement - the expression of approval and support
2.furtherance - the advancement of some enterprise; "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"
forwarding, promotion
progress, advancement - gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"


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Lydgate, you perceive, had talked fervidly to Rosamond of his hopes as to the highest uses of his life, and had found it delightful to be listened to by a creature who would bring him the sweet furtherance of satisfying affection--beauty--repose--such help as our thoughts get from the summer sky and the flower-fringed meadows.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Whether out of compassion for them, or in furtherance of his own self-interests, it would be difficult to say.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
] It was inevitable not only that he and his associates should compose many tracts and sermons for the furtherance of their views, but, considering their attitude toward the Bible, that they should wish to put it into the hands of all the people in a form which they would be able to understand, that is in their own vernacular English.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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