Further
What it means
To help advance a useful aim or development.
Reach for it when describing action that helps a useful aim, cause, or development advance
The scholarship will further her research into clean water systems.
Words to choose between 7
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everyday
Fits when capacity or quality grows through work
Careful Develop concerns the thing itself, not a separate actor helping it.
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warm
Fits when visible advocacy and commitment drive the cause
Careful Champion is too personal and forceful for quiet administrative support.
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warm
Fits when patient conditions encourage gradual development
Careful Foster is indirect and slower than furthering a defined objective.
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warm
Fits when resources or encouragement help the aim continue
Careful Support may preserve the current state without moving it forward.
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professional
Fits when movement toward a goal is direct and measurable
Careful Advance can move something physically and need not involve support.
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professional
Fits when barriers are removed so others can progress
Careful Facilitation enables action but does not champion the result.
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professional
Fits when active advocacy increases adoption or awareness
Careful Promotion can mean advertising rather than substantive progress.
Opposites 4
- hinder
- obstruct
- set back
- oppose
Common phrases 3
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further a cause
The exhibition will further a cause shared by both schools.
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further understanding
Open records further understanding of the decision.
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further the work
The grant will further the work of rural clinics.
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