furthering

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noun

The act by which something is furthered; furtherance.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of further
nounfurthering (plural furtherings)

plural furtherings

  1. The act by which something is furthered; furtherance.

    […] the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swims and makes his point or else is carried headlong.

    1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XV, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II, page 266
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APA

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“furthering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furthering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “furthering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furthering.

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