advancing

English

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈvɑːnsɪŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ədˈvænsɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ad‧vanc‧ing
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Verb

advancing

  1. present participle of advance

Noun

advancing (plural advancings)

  1. The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
    • 1839, Henry Blunt, A practical exposition of the epistles to the Seven Churches, page 52:
      […] who feels, not as even the kindest and the holiest friend on earth can feel towards our patient endurance, our shortcomings, or our slow advancings […]
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