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Advance

//ədˈvɑːns// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
"He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith."
2
Preceding.
"The advance man came a month before the candidate."
3
Forward.
"The scouts found a site for an advance base."

Adjective

1
situated ahead or going before wordnet
2
being ahead of time or need wordnet

Noun

1
A forward move; improvement or progression.
"an advance in health or knowledge"
2
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) wordnet
3
An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
"Could he ask the cashier privately for an advance? No, the cashier was no good, no damn good: he wouldn't give an advance."
4
increase in price or value wordnet
5
An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
"an advance on the prime cost of goods"

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6
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others wordnet
7
An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature. in-plural, often
"For, if it were of any use to recall matters of fact, what is more notorious, than that prince's applying himself first to the church of England? and upon their refusal to fall in with his measures, making the like advances to the dissenters of all kinds, who readily and almost universally complied with him"
8
a change for the better; progress in development wordnet
9
a movement forward wordnet
10
an amount paid before it is earned wordnet

Verb

1
To promote or advantage.; To help the progress of (something); to further.
"Some see it as in effect the end of the Syrian uprising that began with peaceful protests against Assad’s police state in 2011, with opposition fighters working to advance Turkey’s interests at the expense of the revolution’s goals."
2
rise in rate or price wordnet
3
To promote or advantage.; To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
"After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him."
4
increase or raise wordnet
5
To move forward in space or time.; To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
"Whence and what art thou, execrable shape, / That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance / Thy miscreated front athwart my way / To yonder gates?"

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6
develop in a positive way wordnet
7
To move forward in space or time.; To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
"[S]in and sorrow it were, considering the hardships of this noble and gallant knight, no whit mentioning or weighing those we ourselves have endured, if we were now either to advance or retard the hour of refection beyond the time when the viands are fit to be set before us."
8
develop further wordnet
9
To move forward in space or time.; To move forwards; to approach. intransitive
"I advanced towards him step by step, stopping sometimes for fear of waking him."
10
bring forward for consideration or acceptance wordnet
11
To move forward in space or time.; To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
"“I had intended to ask you to advance me a hundred pounds,” said Phineas."
12
obtain advantages, such as points, etc. wordnet
13
To move forward in space or time.; To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
"Some ne'er advance a Judgement of their own, / But catch the spreading notion of the Town […]."
14
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense wordnet
15
To move forward in space or time.; To make progress; to do well, to succeed. intransitive
"Earlier the caller said men were more likely to be in senior positions. Clegg says that's partly because the current maternity leave arrangements make it difficult for women to advance in the workplace."
16
cause to move forward wordnet
17
To move forward in space or time.; To move forward in time; to progress towards completion. intransitive
"I can promise you that you will feel even less humorous as the evening advances."
18
move forward wordnet
19
To raise, be raised.; To raise; to lift or elevate. archaic, transitive
"The fringed Curtaines of thine eyes aduance."
20
pay in advance wordnet
21
To raise, be raised.; To raise or increase (a price, rate).
"In February last […] bakers advanced the price of bread sold over the counter in London from 8d. to 8½d. per quartern loaf."
22
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position wordnet
23
To raise, be raised.; To increase (a number or amount).
24
contribute to the progress or growth of wordnet
25
To raise, be raised.; To make a higher bid at an auction. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Vulgar Latin *abanteāre Old French avancierbor. Middle English avauncen English advance From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt.

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