avancement

Avancement is a noun in French that translates most often as advancement or progress in English. It denotes the act or process of moving forward or developing, and is used to describe progress in time, a project, a situation, or a program. In everyday language, examples include l'avancement des travaux (the progress of the works), l'avancement d'un projet (the advancement of a project), or l'avancement de sa carrière (career advancement). The term also appears in administrative or professional contexts to describe levels of progression within a system, such as l'avancement de grade (promotion in rank) or l'avancement administratif (administrative progression).

In English-language usage, avancement is rarely used except as a direct loanword or within bilingual or francophone contexts. The standard English equivalents are advancement, progress, promotion, or progression, chosen to match the sense intended. Related phrases include avancement professionnel (career development) and état d'avancement (state or degree of progress).

Etymology: avancement comes from avancer, meaning to move forward or to progress, with the noun form marking the act or result of that action. The related adjectival form is avancé, meaning advanced.