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# furtherance

«furtherance» in Mova's school dictionary: **The act of helping something to move forward or succeed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (furtherance; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) The act of helping something to move forward or succeed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtherance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in formal and legal writing: «in furtherance of the plan». In stories it can make a speaker sound official. Phrases: in furtherance of, the furtherance of science.

### examples

- The money was spent in furtherance of education. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtherance/#x1)
- The club exists for the furtherance of chess in our town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtherance/#x2)
- The scientist worked for the furtherance of medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtherance/#x3)
- All actions must be in furtherance of the charity's aims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtherance/#x4)
- The council's plan is for the furtherance of safe cycling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtherance/#x5)

### note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Related verb: further (to help move forward). A formal word; in speech say «to help» or «to support».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «furtherance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furtherance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.