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Definitions: Advancement |
AdvancementNoun1. Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something. 2. The act of moving forward toward a goal. 3. Gradual improvement or growth or development: "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"; "their research and development gave them an advantage". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "advancement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of advancing in any engagement, denotes your rapid ascendency to preferment and to the consummation of affairs of the heart. To see others advancing, foretells that friends will hold positions of favor near you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Law | Money or property given by a parent to his child or, sometimes, presumptive heir, or expended by the former for the latter's benefit, by way of anticipation of the share which the child will inherit in the parent's estate and intended to be deducted therefrom. (Black's, 5th ed. , 1979, p. 48). Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: AdvancementSynonyms: advance (n), forward motion (n), furtherance (n), onward motion (n), progress (n), progression (n), promotion (n). (additional references) |
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Improvement | Noun: improvement; amelioration, melioration; betterment; mend, amendment, emendation; mending; Verb: advancement; advance; (progress); ascent; promotion, preferment; elevation; increase; cultivation, civilization; culture, march of intellect; menticulture; race-culture, eugenics. |
Sequence | Noun: progress, progression, progressiveness; advancing; Verb: advance, advancement; ongoing; flood, tide, headway; march; rise; improvement. |
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Screenplays | There's no advancement. (The Cocoanuts; writing credit: George S. Kaufman; Morrie Ryskind) Yes! The individual human mind. In a child's ability to master the multiplication table, there is more holiness than all your shouted hosannas and holy holies. An idea is more important that a monument and the advancement of Man's knowledge more miraculous than all the sticks turned to snakes and the parting of the waters. (Inherit the Wind; writing credit: Jerome Lawrence; Robert E. Lee) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Prepare for Advancement (1955) | |
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 | Title page of Edwards Forbes' paper concerning a dredging expedition in the Aegean Sea. Forbes set forth the concept that no life existed below 300 fathoms inspiring numerous pioneeer oceanographers to devise means to prove him wrong. In: The Annual Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for the year 1843. NOAA Central Library Journal collection.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | End page of Edward Forbes' paper in which he challenges the scientific community to seek new knowledge of the sea and lays the groundwork for government support of oceanography. In: The Annual Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for the year 1843. NOAA Central Library Journal collection.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 45. Rung bathometer, designed by Captain George Rung of the Danish Meteorological Institute. It was a new type of pneumatic sounding device based on the principle advanced by the physician Kristian Prytz, also a Dane. It was considered an advancement on the Thompson tube. Depending on modifications, it could be used from 0 to 200 meters, or from two to three times deeper.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Dr. Francis P. Shepard, the "father of marine geology," discussing scientific findings of the International Indian Ocean Expedition with a Ceylonese colleague at a meeting hosted by the Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Sent to Yeoman 1st Class (F) Omah Margaret Munier on 14 February 1919, informing her of the results of the Yeoman (Female) advancement examinations held on 28 January 1919 and of her advancement in rate as of 1 February 1919. She was serving at the Receiving Ship, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, from 4 May 1918 to 10 August 1919.Credit: NAVY. |  | Front of Columbus branch office of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1026 East Long Street, Columbus, Ohio] / American Photograph Co., Columbus, Ohio.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Spingarn Medal, awarded annually for the highest achievement of an American Negro, by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, thirtieth award to Paul Robeson, Hotel Biltmore, October 18, 1945 / Standard Photographers.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | 34th Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, June 3-6, 1943, Detroit, Mich.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | 32nd Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Houston, Texas, June 24-28, 1941.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | 41st Annual Conference, National Association Advancement Colored People, Boston, Mass., June 20-25, 1950.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Bruyere | The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. |
John Stuart Mill | The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom. |
| The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement. | |
Peter F. Drucker | Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement. |
Sir Henry Taylor | The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry. |
The Advancement and Learning | All good moral philosphy is but the handmaid to religion. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | Know that, having regard to God and for the salvation of our soul, and those of all our ancestors and heirs, and unto the honor of God and the advancement of his holy Church and for the rectifying of our realm, we have granted as underwritten by advice of our venerable fathers, Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and cardinal of the holy Roman Church, Henry, archbishop of Dublin, William of London, Peter of Winchester, Jocelyn of Bath and Glastonbury, Hugh of Lincoln, Walter of Worcester, William of Coventry, Benedict of Rochester, bishops; of Master Pandulf, subdeacon and member of the household of our lord the Pope, of brother Aymeric (master of the Knights of the Temple in England), and of the illustrious men William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, William, earl of Salisbury, William, earl of Warenne, William, earl of Arundel, Alan of Galloway (constable of Scotland), Waren Fitz Gerold, Peter Fitz Herbert, Hubert De Burgh (seneschal of Poitou), Hugh de Neville, Matthew Fitz Herbert, Thomas Basset, Alan Basset, Philip d'Aubigny, Robert of Roppesley, John Marshal, John Fitz Hugh, and others, our liegemen. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | For, we repeat, men like advancement. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Advancement of your children, gentle lady. |
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Health | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) makes it illegal for an employer of more than 15 individuals to discriminate against qualified individuals in application procedures, hiring, advancement, discharge, compensation, job training, and other terms of employment. (references) | |
Business | In 1996 the Government outlined its 5-year Plan for the Advancement of Women. (references) | |
With the advancement of the internet age, cyber education has become a viable education option for many Koreans. (references) | ||
The average life of personal computers in Pakistan is only three years because of the rapid rate of technological advancement. (references) | ||
Children | Bangladesh | For example, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), the country's largest NGO, provides primary education to more than 1.2 million children. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Malaysia | However, there is self-censorship among public university academics whose career advancement and funding depend on the Government. (references) |
Cameroon | Many professors believe that adherence to opposition political parties can affect adversely their professional opportunities and advancement. (references) | |
Discrimination | Congo | Societal discrimination remained an obstacle to the advancement of certain groups, particularly women, Tutsis, Muslims, and the indigenous Pygmy (Batwa) people. (references) |
Saint Lucia | Neither the Constitution nor the law address discrimination specifically; however, government policy is nondiscriminatory in the areas of housing, jobs, education, and opportunity for advancement. (references) | |
Syria | In practice membership in the Ba'th Party or close familial relations with a prominent party member or powerful government official can be important for economic, social, or educational advancement. (references) | |
Economic History | Estonia | The independence period was one of great cultural advancement. (references) |
Guatemala | Major political parties: Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), National Advancement Party (PAN), New Nation Alliance (ANN), Unionists (Unionistas). (references) | |
Togo | Their historical means of social advancement has been through the military and law enforcement forces, and they continue to dominate these services. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nigeria | High-level government officials noted that the human rights community assisted in the advancement of democracy. (references) |
Tanzania | While in the past CCM membership was necessary for advancement in political and other areas, CCM membership is voluntary. (references) | |
Vietnam | Membership in the CPV remains an aid to advancement in the Government or in state companies and is vital for promotion to senior levels of the Government. (references) | |
Minorities | Dominican Republic | Darker-skinned Dominicans also face informal barriers to social and economic advancement. (references) |
Turkmenistan | They complain that some avenues for promotion and job advancement are no longer open to them. (references) | |
Nepal | Economic, social and educational advancement tend to be a function of historical patterns, geographic location, and caste. (references) | |
Political Economy | Guatemala | The conservative and business-oriented "National Advancement Party" (PAN) governed from 1996 to 2000, is the second largest party in Congress with 18 members. (references) |
Political Rights | Cuba | Although not a formal requirement, in practice Communist Party membership is a prerequisite for high-level official positions and professional advancement. (references) |
Trade | Hungary | The Hungarian banking and financial sectors' development is shaped by the requirements of globalization, technological advancement, and accession to the EU. Continued liberalization of the sector and the rapid growth of capital transactions have created a mature financial system. (references) |
Women | Bolivia | Traditional prejudices and social conditions remain obstacles to advancement. (references) |
Belarus | Women have significantly fewer opportunities for advancement to the upper ranks of management. (references) | |
Vietnam | The Women's Union operates micro-credit consumer finance programs and other programs to promote the advancement of women. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Nigeria | Traffickers take advantage of a cultural tradition of "fostering," under which it is acceptable to send a child to live and work with a more prosperous family in an urban center in return for educational and vocational advancement. (references) |
Thailand | Also, police officers do not view antitrafficking as a path to advancement because their superiors do not emphasize it. Narcotics and serious crime are the preferred career concentrations, while the attitude that trafficking also qualifies as serious crime is only slowly developing. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet. The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated the subject with a great white light, to the inexpressible advancement of human knowledge. |
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Rush Limbaugh | With this global warming news that has broken in the last few days, it has become obvious that advanced conservatism advancement is still necessary. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | But I may say with truth my errors have been of the understanding, not of intention, and that the advancement of their rights and interests has been the constant motive for every measure. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | At a period of further advancement, but with little accession of strength, it not only sustained with honor the most unequal of conflicts, but covered itself and our country with unfading glory. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | Its obligations throng the unexplored pathway of advancement, and will be limitless as duration. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | In the meantime, as the nation's wards, they should be promptly defended against the cupidity of designing men and shielded from every influence or temptation that retards their advancement. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Business has by cooperation made great progress in the advancement of service, in stability, in regularity of employment and in the correction of its own abuses. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | This United Nations document is the most comprehensive and detailed international agreement which seeks the advancement of women. |
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| "Advancement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Advancement" is used about 502 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 502 | 12,008 |
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Expressions using "advancement": advancement of science ♦ American Association for the Advancement of Science ♦ association for the Advancement of Retired Persons ♦ Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ♦ Mandibular Advancement ♦ opportunity for advancement ♦ Telecommunications Advancement Organisation ♦ vacational advancement ♦ World Federation of Health Agencies for the Advancement of Voluntary Surgical Contraception. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "advancement": self-advancement. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Albanian | progres (advance, headway, progress), përparim (advance, furtherance, headway, progress, prosperity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تقدم (advance, advanced, advantage, antecedence, ascent, break through, career, careerist, come on, crowd, descend, development, evolution, forge ahead, forward, gain ground, gain one's destination, get along, get forward, get on, get up, go ahead, go up, going, head, headway, improvement, keep step, lead, make up on, march, move along, move in, onward, precede, priority, proceed, procession, progress, progression, promotion, propulsion, pull ahead, rise, seniority, shape, shoot ahead, speed, stem, step, superiority, take steps, upturn, way, work up to), ترفع (heave, heaving, look down on, promotion, self praise, seniority, superiority), ترقية (preferment, promotion, step, uplift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | успех (do, fortune, hit, progress, purpose, speed, success, up), тласкане напред, напредък (advance, ascent, betterment, gain, headway, improvement, lift, progress), прогрес (advance, progress), предплащане (prepayment), предплата (advance), повишение (advance, preferment, rise, rising, uprise), поощряване (encouraging, promotion, stimulation), поощрение (encouragement, fosterage, incentive, promotion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 推进 (Propel, Propelled, Propelling, Propulsive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vzestup (bulge, growth, rise, upswing), rozvoj (development, expansion, growth), prosazování (assertion), povýšení (exaltation, preferment, promotion), pokrok (advance, progress, progression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fremskridt (advance, progress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vordering (account receivable, advance, advance per round, claim, debt, debt receivable, debtor, demand, depth of pull, loan claim, outstanding debt, progress, pull, requisition), vooruitgang (advance, progress), voortgang (advance, progress), bevordering (acceleration, promotion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | framstig (advance, progress), framgongd (advance, progress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ylennys (increase, promotion, rise), eteneminen (advance, headway, progress, propagation), edistäminen (promotion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | progrès (advance), avancement (advance, muscle advancement, rate of advance, road advance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fortschritt (advance, headway, improvement, progress, stride), förderung (aid, delivery, encouragement, extraction, fostering, furtherance, grant, mining, output, patronage, production, promotion, sponsorship, stimulation, support), aufstieg (ascendency, ascension, ascent, climb, promotion, rise, way up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προβιβασμόσ (preferment, promotion), προαγωγή (boost, development scheme, furtherance, preferment, promotion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ק"ימ" (abreast, ahead, along, eastwards, forward, onward, onwards, precedence, preferment), ק"ום (aboriginal, ancient, immemorial, prevention, primal, promotion), "תק"מות (advance, headway, ongoing, progress, progression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | haladás (advance, course, forwardness, getting on, going, going on, head, headway, progress, progression, progressive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pemajuan (furtherance), kemajuan (betterment, headway, progress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | progresso (advance, growth, headway, improvement, progress, rise, stride), avanzamento (advance, feed, feed motion, feed movement, feeding, haulage, headway, muscle advancement, preferment, progress, promotion, rise, step, surge, transport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 陞叙 (promotion), 陞任 (promotion), 昇級 (promotion), 昇叙 (promotion), 進 (promotion), " (distinction, fame, rise), 向上 (elevation, improvement, progress, rise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうきゅう (promotion, salary raise), しょうに" (acknowledgement, agreement, approval, child, consent, holy priest, merchant, promotion, recognition, saint, shopkeeper, small person, trader, witness), しょうじょ (daughter, little girl, maiden, promotion, virgin, young lady), "うじょう (bank of a large river, code of morals, colloid, compromise, concession, constancy, elevation, factory, favour, friendship, hospitality, improvement, intimacy, kindness, mill, moral principles, plant, progress, rise, ruined castle, siege, speech, vocal message, workshop), えいたつ (distinction, fame, rise), えいし" (presentation of poem, promotion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 진 (ADV, Advance, Advancing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yrdjaghey (appreciation, upward gradient). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | adelanto (advance, progress), progreso (advance, progress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | advancementay progresso (advance, course, forwardness, headway, improvement, increase, process, progress, promotional). (various references) avansare (accession, forwardness, preferment, promotion, rise, rising, uprise), avans (advance, advances, earnest, start), ascensiune (ascension, ascent, climb, climbing), spor (abundance, addition, benefit, gain, germ, growth, headway, increase, increment, progress, spore, use), progres (advance, career, development, furtherance, growth, headway, March, progress, rise), înaintare (advance, forwardness, furtherance, headway). (various references) успех (advance, big hand, big time, do, eclat, hit, luck, purpose, strides, success), прогресс (go ahead, headway, progress, progression). (various references) unapređenje (preferment, promotion), napredovanje (gain, headway, stride). (various references) progreso (advance, amelioration, breakthrough, development, headway, improvement, lieu, progress, tide), adelantamiento (forwardness, improvement, overtaking, passing). (various references) maendeleo (advance, progress). (various references) befordran (conveyance, preferment, promotion, transit, transport). (various references) yükselme (advance, ascension, ascent, climb, distinction, escalation, flux, gain, hike, increase, pickup, preferment, progress, promotion, promotional, raise, rise, rising, scaling, step up, swell, swelling, upheaval, uprising, upsurge, upthrust), terfi (commission, preferment, promotion, promotional, rise, step), ilerleme (advance, expansion, forwardness, gain, headway, improvement, progress, progression, rising, upswing, uptrend), gelişme (advance, amelioration, budding, development, expansion, flourish, formative, growing, growth, headway, improvement, inflorescence, pickup, progress, strides). (various references) успіх (achievement, advance, big time, career, hit, luck, prosperity, success), просування уперед (advance), прогрес (advance, headway, progress, progression). (various references) sự tiến tới (advance, progress, progression), sự tiến lên (advance, forwardness, progressiveness, upturn), sự tiến bộ (headway, progress, progression), sự thúc đẩy (actuation, motivation, urge), sự l m cho tiến lên sự thăng chức. (various references) lles (advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, boot, good, profit), dyrchafiad (elevation, promotion), budd (avail, behoof, benefit, gain, profit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ascensionem, ascensiones, ascensionis, incrementa, incrementum. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "advancement": advancements. (additional references) | |
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"Advancement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avancement. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "advancement" (pronounced udva"nsmunt) |
| 7 | -a" n s m u n t | enhancement. |
| 6 | -n s m u n t | announcement, commencement, pronouncement. |
| 5 | -s m u n t | assessment, basement, bemusement, debasement, disbursement, displacement, embarrassment, emplacement, endorsement, enforcement, enticement, harassment, impressment, inducement, outplacement, placement, reassessment, reimbursement, reinforcement, replacement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, battlement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endowment, engagement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-m-n-n-t-v" | |
-3 letters: caveated, emanated, tendance. | |
-4 letters: academe, advance, andante, candent, canteen, catenae, caveman, cavemen, cementa, edemata, emanate, enacted, enemata, manatee, mandate, medevac, menaced, vacated, vendace. | |
-5 letters: adnate, advect, advent, anadem, anteed, cadent, canned, canted, catena, caveat, cement, cetane, decane, decant, decent, demean, dement, ennead, maenad, manned, meated, menace, neaten, tandem, tanned, teamed, tenace, vacant, vacate, vanman, vanmen, vanned, vented. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-m-n-n-t-v" | |
+1 letter: advancements. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 76 61 6E 63 65 6D 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. ...- .- -. -.-. . -- . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01110110 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d v a n c e m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0076 0061 006E 0063 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3570886780697179718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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