advance
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French avancer (French: avancer), from Late Latin abante, from ab + ante (“before”). The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be from Latin ad. Avaunt is an earlier form of the same source-word.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (Southern England) IPA: /ədˈvɑːns/
- Rhymes: -ɑːns
- (US, Northern England, Scotland) IPA: /ədˈvæns/
- Rhymes: -æns
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[edit] Verb
advance (third-person singular simple present advances, present participle advancing, simple past and past participle advanced)
- To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
- They . . . advanced their eyelids. —Shakespeare
- To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
- To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
- to advance the ripening of fruit
- to advance one's interests
- To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.
- to advance an argument
- To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
- To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.
- Merchants often advance money on a contract or on goods consigned to them.
- To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.
- to advance the price of goods
- (intransitive) To move forwards, to approach.
[edit] Synonyms
- raise, elevate, exalt, aggrandize, improve, heighten, accelerate, allege, adduce, assign
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on
to raise to a higher rank; to promote
to accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward
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to bring to view or notice; to offer or propose
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to make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten
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to furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due
to raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate
to move forwards, to approach
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[edit] Noun
advance (plural advances)
- A forward move.
- An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, chapter 4:
- As the sun fell, so did our spirits. I had tried to make advances to the girl again; but she would have none of me, and so I was not only thirsty but otherwise sad and downhearted.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, chapter 4:
[edit] Translations
forward move
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amount of money
opening approach
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[edit] Adjective
advance (comparative more advance, superlative most advance)
- Completed before need or a milestone event.
- He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.
- Preceding.
- The advance man came a month before the candidate.
- Forward.
- The scouts found a site for an advance base.
