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advance

/ədˈvæns/

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What does advance mean?

verb

  1. To help the progress of (something); to further.
  2. To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
  3. To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
More meanings (17)

verb

  1. To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
  2. To move forwards; to approach.
  3. To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
  4. To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
  5. To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
  6. To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
  7. To raise or increase (a price, rate).
  8. To increase (a number or amount).
  9. To make a higher bid at an auction.
  10. (archaic) To raise; to lift or elevate.

noun

  1. A forward move; improvement or progression.
  2. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
  3. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
  4. An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.

adjective

  1. Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
  2. Preceding.
  3. Forward.
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IPA pronunciation

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See this word in context.

Smallbury was a little in advance of the rest, when, pausing, he turned suddenly to his companions and said, “Hist! See there.”
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
The one who was in advance was trying to get away, the one in the rear was trying to overtake the other.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
More book examples (3)
“Master Land, we must conform to the rules on board, and I suppose our appetites are in advance of the dinner hour.”
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164
He hesitated as to whether he would advance, but as he did so she looked round, feeling apparently that he was there.
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177
I do not wish to flatter my townsmen, nor to be flattered by them, for that will not advance either of us.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205