advancing

noun

advancing

noun

UK /ədˈvɑːnsɪŋ/ · US /ədˈvænsɪŋ/

1

The act of proceeding forward; an advance.

[…] 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 […]1839, Henry Blunt, A practical exposition of the epistles to the Seven Churches, page 52:

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