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Advanced

adjective
1.
Farther along in physical or mental development.  "Children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average"
2.
Comparatively late in a course of development.  "An advanced state of exhaustion"
3.
Ahead of the times.  Synonyms: forward-looking, innovative, modern.  "Had advanced views on the subject" , "A forward-looking corporation" , "Is British industry innovative enough?"
4.
At a higher level in training or knowledge or skill.  "An advanced text in physics" , "Special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"
5.
Ahead in development; complex or intricate.  Synonym: sophisticated.  "A sophisticated electronic control system"
6.
Far along in time.  Synonym: ripe.  "Advanced in years" , "A ripe old age" , "The ripe age of 90"
7.
(of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry.  "An advanced country technologically"
8.
Situated ahead or going before.  Synonyms: advance, in advance.  "At that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"


Advance

verb
(past & past part. advanced; pres. part. advancing)
1.
Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.  Synonyms: go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress.
2.
Bring forward for consideration or acceptance.  Synonym: throw out.
3.
Increase or raise.  Synonyms: boost, supercharge.
4.
Contribute to the progress or growth of.  Synonyms: boost, encourage, further, promote.
5.
Cause to move forward.  Synonym: bring forward.
6.
Obtain advantages, such as points, etc..  Synonyms: gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win.  "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
7.
Develop in a positive way.  Synonyms: come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up.  "My plants are coming along" , "Plans are shaping up"
8.
Develop further.
9.
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.  Synonyms: elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade.  "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms" , "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
10.
Pay in advance.
11.
Move forward.  Synonym: set ahead.
12.
Rise in rate or price.  Synonym: gain.



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... congratulate Missouri on her advanced position on the sale of game, and we hope that the people of Iowa will even yet ...
— Our Vanishing Wild Life - Its Extermination and Preservation • William T. Hornaday
... to him every spring for grain which he was to deliver in autumn at the price settled in advance, on board ship. This was a lucrative affair for Krisstyan; but I have often thought since that it was not so much trade as a game of chance, when one sells what does not yet exist. Brazovics advanced large sums to Krisstyan, and as the latter had no real property, security was required of him. My husband went surety for him gladly—was he not a landowner and Krisstyan's friend? Krisstyan led an easy life; while my good man sat for hours bent over his desk, ...
— Timar's Two Worlds • Mr Jkai
... The priest advanced. He was a large, powerful, robust man with a red face and a genial expression. He hitched up his cassock to lift his foot, just as the women hold up their skirts, and climbed ...
— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant
... speak, but could not. My mouth was dry and parched with excitement, my throat swelled and ached with the pent-up wrath and despair of my emotions. I answered her question silently by a formal bow. She at once advanced, extending both her hands with the coaxing grace of manner I had so ...
— Vendetta - A Story of One Forgotten • Marie Corelli
... sticks at very little," Herrick reminded her grimly. "Well, the misguided girl took her trophy and went off to Rockborough, the big pawnbroker, where she displayed the necklace and asked for a loan. Seeing no reason to doubt her genuineness, they advanced her a large sum—though not, of course, the full value of the jewels, and she took the money and paid the money-lender and one or two more people who were pressing her. But it happened by a queer coincidence that a day or two later Jordan and Green had a visit from ...
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