ADVANCING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does advancing mean? 

• ADVANCING (adjective)
  The adjective ADVANCING has 1 sense:

1. moving forward

  Familiarity information: ADVANCING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADVANCING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moving forward

Synonyms:

advancing; forward; forward-moving

Similar:

progressive (favoring or promoting progress)

 Context examples 

You are interested in advancing the interests of the aggregations of capital you serve.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This breeze, which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing, gives me a foretaste of those icy climes.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

IRA recipients are recognized for their creative ideas and scientific skills in advancing the goals of the National Cancer Institute.

(Intramural Research Award, NCI Thesaurus)

‘Mr. Holder,’ said he, ‘I have been informed that you are in the habit of advancing money.’

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had strayed forward where the sailors were painting, and I came to myself to find my advancing foot on the verge of overturning a paint-pot.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Mr. Micawber, with a perfect miracle of dexterity or luck, caught his advancing knuckles with the ruler, and disabled his right hand.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Issue associated with difficulty moving the device or its components to an intended location (e.g. difficulty in advancing guidewire).

(Difficult to Advance Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cancer research.

(Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers have discovered that blood vessels within bone marrow may progressively turn into bones with advancing age and run around the bloodstream.

(Bone-Like Particles Found Travelling through Human Bloodstream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The Alvin J Siteman Cancer Center is dedicated to advancing new approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through research.

(Alvin J Siteman Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)