advanced

English

Etymology

advance +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ədˈvɑːnst/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnst
• IPA^(key): /ədˈvænst/
• Rhymes: -ænst

• Audio (US):

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Verb

advanced

1. simple past and past participle of advance

Adjective

advanced (comparative more advanced or further advanced, superlative most advanced or furthest advanced)

2. At or close to the state of the art.
3. Enhanced.
4. Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
   • (Can we date this quote by Hawthorne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles

5. In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
6. (phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
7. (Philippines) (Of a clock or watch) Indicating a time ahead of the correct time.

Synonyms

• progressive, professional, sophisticated

Derived terms

• advanced degree
• advanced green

Translations

at or close to state of the art

• Arabic: مُتَقَدِّم (ar) (mutaqaddim)
• Bulgarian: напреднал (bg) (naprednal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先進的／先进的 (zh), 先进的 (zh) (xiānjìn de)

• Danish: avanceret
• Dutch: gevorderd (nl)
• Esperanto: altnivela, progresinta
• Finnish: kehittynyt (fi)
• French: avancé (fr)
• German: fortgeschritten (de)
• Greek: προχωρημένος (el) m (prochoriménos), ανώτερος (el) m (anóteros)
• Japanese: 高度の (ja) (こうどの, kōdo-no), 高尚の (ja) (こうしょうの, kōshō-no)
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• Latin: prōvectus
• Maori: whatutoto
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avansert (no)

  Nynorsk: avansert

• Persian: پیشرفته (fa) (pišrafte)
• Portuguese: avançado (pt)
• Russian: продви́нутый (ru) (prodvínutyj), передово́й (ru) (peredovój)
• Spanish: avanzado (es)

late

• Bulgarian: напреднал (bg) (naprednal)
• Dutch: vergevorderd (nl)
• Finnish: myöhäinen (fi)
• French: avancé (fr)
• Greek: προηγμένος (el) m (proïgménos)
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• Italian: avanzato (it)
• Japanese: 上級 (ja) (jōkyū)
• Portuguese: avançado (pt)
• Spanish: avanzado (es), provecto (es)

See also

• cutting edge
• groundbreaking