0 the development or improvement of something:
All she was interested in was the advancement of her own career.
1 an improvement relating to a particular activity or area of knowledge:
The President's speech to the conference centered on the advancement of alternative fuel sources as a means of ensuring our future survival.
advancements in sth Nowadays, merger and acquisition transactions occur at a faster pace, due in part to advancements in communications.
technological/economic/medical advancement
2 the process of improving your career, for example, by getting a more important position within an organization or by moving to another company for a better job:
The possibilities for both social degradation and advancement were great.
Historically, such activities have been, and currently are, the driving forces in the advancement of the profession and its status in the health care arena.
Public access to global information networks created a favourable situation for overall scientific advancement and artistic emancipation.
She was a woman of considerable enterprise and used her comprehensive network of social contacts very much towards the advancement of her husband's career.
As the protagonists of female education recognized from the first, the future advancement of women was indissolubly connected with the exams that they would take.
Education in the expanding government school and college system had widened their horizons, while, at the same time raising their expectations of worldly advancement.
Yet the communist system was a fact of life, and participation within it was the only mode of social advancement available.
Men who acquired seats without the sanction of government had to trust to circumstances for further advancement.