change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something

headway, head - forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale"

resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification - bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture"

elaboration, refinement - the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique"

transformation, transmutation, shift - a qualitative change

accommodation, adjustment, fitting - making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

conservation, preservation - an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

recovery - return to an original state; "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid"

proffer, proposition, suggestion - a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"

movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

push - an effort to advance; "the army made a push toward the sea"

career, life history - the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"

march - a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"

clear sailing, easy going, plain sailing - easy unobstructed progress; "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing"

leapfrog - advancing as if in the game of leapfrog

amount of money, sum, sum of money, amount - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

step-up, increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

forge - move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead"

penetrate - make one's way deeper into ar through; "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest"

creep up, sneak up - advance stealthily or unnoticed; "Age creeps up on you"

encroach, impinge, infringe - advance beyond the usual limit

plough on, press on, push on - continue moving forward

string along, string - move or come along

overhaul, overtake, pass - travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"

close in, draw in - advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

edge, inch - advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"

rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down - move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool"

elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"

propose, suggest, advise - make a proposal, declare a plan for something

increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

connive at, wink at - give one's silent approval to

foster, further - promote the growth of; "Foster our children's well-being and education"

spur - incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"

help - contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"

carry - take further or advance; "carry a cause"

feed - support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"

conduce, contribute, lead - be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"

back up, support - give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"

move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

nose - advance the forward part of with caution; "She nosed the car into the left lane"

steal - steal a base

rack up, score, tally, hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

climb - improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"

leapfrog - progress by large jumps instead of small increments

develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"

ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

tenure - give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"

bring up - promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"

spot promote - promote on the spot; "Supreme Bishop Digby had been spot-promoted to Archangel"

ennoble, gentle, entitle - give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

favor, favour, prefer - promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"

brevet - promote somebody by brevet, in the military

loan, lend - give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"

set - set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments"

mount, wax, climb, rise - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"

front - relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch"