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Advance   /ədvˈæns/   Listen
Advance

noun
1.
A movement forward.  Synonyms: progress, progression.
2.
A change for the better; progress in development.  Synonyms: betterment, improvement.
3.
A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.  Synonyms: approach, feeler, overture.
4.
The act of moving forward (as toward a goal).  Synonyms: advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression.  Antonym: retreat.
5.
An amount paid before it is earned.  Synonym: cash advance.
6.
Increase in price or value.  Synonym: rise.
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.  Antonym: recede.
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.  Antonym: back.
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"  Antonym: fall back.
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"  Antonym: regress.
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"  Antonym: demote.
10.
Pay in advance.
11.
Move forward.  Synonym: set ahead.
12.
Rise in rate or price.  Synonym: gain.
adjective
1.
Being ahead of time or need.  Synonym: beforehand.  "Was beforehand with her report"
2.
Situated ahead or going before.  Synonyms: advanced, in advance.  "At that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"



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"Advance" Quotes from Famous Books



... the more apparent, when we remember that those who ask the ballot for woman practically ignore the teachings of the Bible and the right of God to rule, and claim by word, as well as by deed, that they have outgrown the wisdom of the past, and have entered upon a stage of progress in advance of old time precedents. We believe in the rule of God, and in the wisdom of God, and claim that Omniscience is not dependent either upon a morning newspaper, or upon the crude conjectures of a godless Infidelity, ...
— The True Woman • Justin D. Fulton
... to advance as rapidly or as far as he wished; and more than once he has gone by a way that few of us liked. But if he was not always right, he has been courageous enough to set himself right. If he made a mistake ...
— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various
... direction of the sick-room and beckoned to Honore. Doctor Keene did the same and continued to advance. ...
— The Grandissimes • George Washington Cable
... Around his temples clatter'd loud his helm. Hector beheld, and o'er him stood in haste, And with his spear transfix'd his breast, and slew Before his comrades' eyes; yet dar'd not one, Though grieving for their comrade's loss, advance To rescue; such of Hector was their awe. They fronted now the ships; the leading prows Which first were drawn on shore, still barr'd their way; Yet on they stream'd; and from the foremost ships, Now hardly press'd, the Greeks perforce retir'd; ...
— The Iliad • Homer
... satisfied that a rabbit was scurrying through the forest upon his own errand bent. Rigidly silent they stood, watching him till long after he had lain down again in his place, then once more they began their painful advance, clearing treacherous twigs from every place where their feet should rest. Fortunately for their going the forest here was largely free from underbrush. Working carefully and painfully for half an hour, and avoiding the trail by the Ghost River, they made their way out of hearing ...
— The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail • Ralph Connor


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