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adjective

Advanced adj.

In the van or front.

In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.

Far on in life or time. "A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles."

Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.

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Etymology of 'Advanced'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Advanced" Quotes from Famous Books

... 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 ...

— The Making of a Soul • Kathlyn Rhodes

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