Advanced


placed ahead or forward:
with one foot advanced.
ahead or far or further along in progress, complexity, knowledge, skill, etc.:
an advanced class in Spanish; to take a course in advanced mathematics; Our plans are too advanced to make the change now.
pertaining to or embodying ideas, practices, attitudes, etc., taken as being more enlightened or liberal than the standardized, established, or traditional:
advanced theories of child care; the more advanced members of the artistic community.
far along in time:
the advanced age of most senators.
to move or bring forward:
The general advanced his troops to the new position.
to bring into consideration or notice; suggest; propose:
to advance reasons for a tax cut.
to improve; further:
to advance one’s interests.
to raise in rank; promote:
The board of directors advanced him to president.
to raise in rate or amount; increase:
to advance the price.
to bring forward in time; accelerate:
to advance growth; to advance clocks one hour.
to supply beforehand; furnish on credit or before goods are delivered or work is done.
to furnish as part of a stock or fund.
to supply or pay in expectation of reimbursement:
They advanced her $5000 against future royalties.
to schedule at a later time or date:
to advance a meeting from early to late fall.
Informal. to do advance publicity for:
to advance a rock singer’s personal appearances; the most heavily advanced sports event in history.
Archaic. to raise, as a banner.
to move or go forward; proceed:
The troops advanced.
to increase in quantity, value, price, etc.:
His stock advanced three points.
(of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move toward or be perceived as moving toward an observer, especially as giving the illusion of space.
Compare 1 (def 3).
to improve or make progress.
to grow or rise in importance, status, etc.:
to advance in rank.
Informal. to provide publicity; do promotion:
He was hired to advance for a best-selling author.
a forward movement; progress in space:
the advance of the troops to the border.
promotion; improvement in importance, rank, etc.:
his advance to the position of treasurer.
Usually, advances.

attempts at forming an acquaintanceship, reaching an agreement, or the like, made by one party.
actions or words intended to be sexually inviting.

addition to price; rise in price:
an advance on cottons.
Commerce.

a giving beforehand; a furnishing of something before an equivalent is received:
An advance on his next month’s salary permitted him to pay his debt on time.
the money or goods thus furnished:
He received $100 as an advance against future delivery.

Journalism.

copy prepared before the event it describes has occurred:
The morning papers carried advances on the ceremony, which will take place tonight.
a press release, wire-service dispatch, or the like, as one containing the text or partial text of a speech, sent to arrive in advance of the event to which it is related.
Compare .

the leading body of an army.
Military. (formerly) the order or a signal to advance.
Informal.

publicity done before the appearance of a noted person, a public event, etc.:
She was hired to do advance for the candidate.
a person hired to do advance publicity for an event:
He is regarded as the best advance in the business.

Automotive, Machinery. an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine to generate the spark for ignition in each cylinder earlier in the cycle.
Compare (def 5).
Geology. a seaward movement of the shoreline.
going or placed before:
an advance section of a train.
made or given ahead of time:
an advance payment on a loan.
issued ahead of time:
an advance copy of the president’s speech.
having gone beyond others or beyond the average.
in advance, ahead of time; beforehand:
You must get your tickets in advance.
in advance of, in front of; before:
Heralds walked in advance of the king.
Contemporary Examples

The most advanced economies have the most advanced regulatory systems.
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Those who wish to begin a Tsa Lung practice, which is an advanced but achievable discipline, are encouraged to seek a teacher.
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From advanced 3-D to advanced virtual reality, the latest generation of videogames is poised to redefine entertainment.
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Has the United States really created more jobs under Obama than ‘every other advanced economy combined’?
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His oil paintings have evolved into more mature depictions and advanced techniques.
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Historical Examples

This so pleased Noel that he advanced my wages to a dollar and a half a week.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail Ezra Meeker

Blowing out the candle, he advanced to the table and set it down.
Brave and Bold Horatio Alger

No author’s name appears, but a plausible conjecture may be advanced.
Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama Walter W. Greg

She advanced, I cannot say fearless, but therefore only the more brave.
Weighed and Wanting George MacDonald

It is a nervous disorder—one of the symptoms of advanced neurasthenia.
The Moon Rock Arthur J. Rees

adjective
being ahead in development, knowledge, progress, etc: advanced studies
having reached a comparatively late stage: a man of advanced age
ahead of the times: advanced views on religion
verb
to go or bring forward in position
(foll by on) to move (towards) in a threatening manner
(transitive) to present for consideration; suggest
to bring or be brought to a further stage of development; improve; further
(transitive) to cause (an event) to occur earlier
(transitive) to supply (money, goods, etc) beforehand, either for a loan or as an initial payment
to increase (a price, value, rate of occurrence, etc) or (of a price, etc) to be increased
(intransitive) to improve one’s position; be promoted: he advanced rapidly in his job
(transitive) (archaic) to promote in rank, status, or position
noun
forward movement; progress in time or space
improvement; progress in development
(commerce)

the supplying of commodities or funds before receipt of an agreed consideration
the commodities or funds supplied in this manner
(as modifier): an advance supply

Also called advance payment. a money payment made before it is legally due: this is an advance on your salary
a loan of money
an increase in price, value, rate of occurrence, etc
a less common word for advancement (sense 1)
in advance

beforehand: payment in advance
(foll by of) ahead in time or development: ideas in advance of the time

(modifier) forward in position or time: advance booking, an advance warning
adj.

1530s, “far ahead in the course of actions or ideas,” past participle adjective from advance (v.). Of studies, from 1790. Military use is from 1795. In late 19c. used especially in reference to views on women’s equality.
v.

mid-13c., avauncen, transitive, “improve (something), further the development of,” from Old French avancier “move forward” (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *abanteare (source of Italian avanzare, Spanish avanzar), from Late Latin abante “from before,” composed of ab- “from” (see ab-) + ante “before, in front of, against” (see ante).

The -d- was inserted 16c. on mistaken notion that initial a- was from Latin ad-. From c.1300 as “to promote;” intransitive sense is mid-14c., “move forward.” Meaning “to give money before it is legally due” is first attested 1670s. Related: Advanced; advancing. The adjective (in advance warning, etc.) is recorded from 1843.
n.

c.1300, “boasting, ostentation,” from advance (v.). Early 15c. as “advancement in rank, wealth, etc.” Advances “amorous overtures” is from 1706.
see:

in advance
make advances

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