Advance Definition
ăd-văns
advanced, advances, advancing
verb
advanced, advances, advancing
To cause to move forward.
Advance a chess piece.
American Heritage
To bring forward; move forward.
To advance a chessman.
Webster's New World
To go forward; move ahead.
Webster's New World
To put forward; propose or suggest.
Advanced a novel theory during the seminar.
American Heritage
To raise in rank, importance, etc.; promote.
Webster's New World
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noun
advances
The act or process of moving or going forward.
American Heritage
A moving forward.
Webster's New World
A forward move, as toward an objective; a progressive step.
An advance in genetic engineering.
American Heritage
An improvement; progress.
New advances in science.
Webster's New World
An increase of price or value.
American Heritage
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adjective
Made or given ahead of time.
An advance payment.
American Heritage
In front.
Advance guard.
Webster's New World
Going before, in front, or forward.
American Heritage
Beforehand; ahead of time.
Advance information.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
in advance
- Ahead of time; beforehand.
American Heritage
in advance of
- In front of; ahead of.
American Heritage
in advance
- in front
- before due; ahead of time
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Advance
Origin of Advance
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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.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English avauncen from Old French avauncer from Vulgar Latin abantiāre from Latin abante from before ab- ab- ante before ant- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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