Furtherance Meaning
/ˈfɜːðəɹəns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of furthering or helping forward; assistance towards something desired.
Sentence Examples
The donation was made in furtherance of the cause.
The new policy was designed for the furtherance of education.
They raised money in furtherance of the charity project.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The grant money was used for the ____ of medical research.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The organization works for the ____ of human rights and social justice around the world.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English further Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English furtherance From further + -ance.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite; both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no more myself when I laid aside restraint and plunged in shame, than when I laboured, in the eye of day, at the furtherance of knowledge or the relief of sorrow and suffering."
— 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 107:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The grant money was used for the ____ of medical research.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The organization works for the ____ of human rights and social justice around the world.