1.  advance(n = noun.event) progress, progression - a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops"
is a kind of change of location, travel
has particulars: head, headway
Derived forms verb advance₁, adjective advance₂

2.  advance(n = noun.event) betterment, improvement - a change for the better; progress in development;
is a kind of shift, transformation, transmutation
has particulars: resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification, elaboration, refinement, accommodation, adjustment, fitting, conservation, preservation, recovery
Derived forms verb advance₇, verb advance₄

3.  advance(n = noun.communication) approach, feeler, overture - a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
is a kind of proffer, proposition, suggestion

4.  advance(n = noun.act) advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression - the act of moving forward (as toward a goal);
is a kind of motion, move, movement
has particulars: push, career, life history, march, clear sailing, easy going, plain sailing, leapfrog
Antonym: retreat
Derived forms verb advance₇, verb advance₁

5.  advance(n = noun.possession) cash advance - an amount paid before it is earned;
is a kind of amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money
Derived form verb advance₁₀

6.  advance(n = noun.act) rise - increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
is a kind of increase, step-up
Derived form verb advance₁₂

1.  advance(s = adj.all) beforehand - being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report"

2.  advance(s = adj.all) advanced, in advance - situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"
Derived form noun advance₁

1.  advance(v = verb.motion) go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Antonym: recede
Derived forms noun advance₄, noun advance₁, noun advancement₂, noun advancer₁
Sample sentences: The water advances

2.  advance(v = verb.communication) throw out - bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
is one way to advise, propose, suggest
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  advance(v = verb.change) boost, supercharge - increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
is one way to increase
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

4.  advance(v = verb.social) boost, encourage, further, promote - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
is one way to back up, support
Derived form noun advance₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

5.  advance(v = verb.motion) bring forward - cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?"
is one way to displace, move
Antonym: back
Derived form noun advancement₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

6.  advance(v = verb.competition) gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s

7.  advance(v = verb.change) come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
is one way to develop
Derived forms noun advance₄, noun advance₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s

8.  advance(v = verb.change) - develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"
is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
Derived forms noun advancement₃, noun advancement₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

9.  advance(v = verb.social) elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
is one way to assign, delegate, depute, designate
Derived form noun advancement₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

10.  advance(v = verb.possession) - pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?"
is one way to lend, loan
Derived form noun advance₅
Sample sentences: They advance the money to them ; They advance them the money

11.  advance(v = verb.motion) set ahead - move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"
is one way to set
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

12.  advance(v = verb.change) gain - rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"
is one way to climb, mount, rise, wax
Derived form noun advance₆
Sample sentences: The stock market is going to advance

1.  To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. [1913 Webster]

2.  To raise; to elevate. [1913 Webster]
"They . . . advanced their eyelids." [1913 Webster]

3.  To raise to a higher rank; to promote. [1913 Webster]
"Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes." [1913 Webster]

4.  To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests. [1913 Webster]

5.  To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument. [1913 Webster]
"Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own." [1913 Webster]

6.  To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten. [1913 Webster]

7.  To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him. [1913 Webster]

8.  To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods. [1913 Webster]

9.  To extol; to laud. [1913 Webster]
"Greatly advancing his gay chivalry." [1913 Webster]

1.  To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me. [1913 Webster]

2.  To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price. [1913 Webster]

3.  To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted. [1913 Webster]
"Advanced to a level with ancient peers." [1913 Webster]

1.  The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress. [1913 Webster]

2.  Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office. [1913 Webster]

3.  An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods. [1913 Webster]

4.  The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster]
"[He] made the like advances to the dissenters." [1913 Webster]

5.  A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand. [1913 Webster]
"I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances." [1913 Webster]
"The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made." [1913 Webster]

   Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication. [1913 Webster]

advance, v., n., & adj.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. move or put forward.
2 intr. make progress.
3 tr. a pay (money) before it is due. b lend (money).
4 tr. give active support to; promote (a person, cause, or plan).
5 tr. put forward (a claim or suggestion).
6 tr. cause (an event) to occur at an earlier date (advanced the meeting three hours).
7 tr. raise (a price).
8 intr. rise (in price).
9 tr. (as advanced adj.) a far on in progress (the work is well advanced). b ahead of the times (advanced ideas).
--n.
1 an act of going forward.
2 progress.
3 a payment made before the due time.
4 a loan.
5 (esp. in pl.; often foll. by to) an amorous or friendly approach.
6 a rise in price.
--attrib.adj. done or supplied beforehand (advance warning; advance copy).

Idiom:
advanced (or advanced supplementary) level (in the UK) a GCE examination of a standard higher than ordinary level and GCSE. advance guard a body of soldiers preceding the main body of an army. advance on approach threateningly. in advance ahead in place or time.

Derivative:
advancer n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF avancer f. LL abante in front f. L ab away + ante before: (n.) partly through F avance

N  improvement, amelioration, melioration, betterment, mend, amendment, emendation, mending, advancement, advance, ascent, promotion, preferment, elevation, increase, cultivation, civilization, culture, march of intellect, menticulture, race-culture, eugenics, reform, reformation, revision, radical reform, second thoughts, correction, limoe labor, refinement, elaboration, purification, oxidation, repair, recovery, revise, new edition, reformer, radical, improving, progressive, improved, better, better off, better for, all the better for, better advised, reformatory, emendatory, reparatory, remedial, corrigible, improvable, accultural, on consideration, on reconsideration, on second thoughts, on better advice, ad melius inquirendum, urbent latericiam invenit marmoream reliquit.

VB  improve, be better, become better, get better, mend, amend, advance, ascend, increase, fructify, ripen, mature, pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn, turn over a new leaf, turn the corner, raise one's head, sow one's wild oats, recover, be better, be improved by, turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account, profit by, reap the benefit of, make good use of, make capital out of, place to good account, render better, improve, mend, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, decrassify, improve upon, refine upon, rectify, enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten, promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance, bring forward, bring on, foster, invigorate, touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up, polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage, prune, repair, put in order, review, revise, make corrections, make improvements, doctor, purify, relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit, reform, remodel, reorganize, new model, view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober, palliate, mitigate, lessen an evil, improve, be better, become better, get better, mend, amend, advance, ascend, increase, fructify, ripen, mature, pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn, turn over a new leaf, turn the corner, raise one's head, sow one's wild oats, recover, be better, be improved by, turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account, profit by, reap the benefit of, make good use of, make capital out of, place to good account, render better, improve, mend, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, decrassify, improve upon, refine upon, rectify, enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten, promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance, bring forward, bring on, foster, invigorate, touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up, polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage, prune, repair, put in order, review, revise, make corrections, make improvements, doctor, purify, relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit, reform, remodel, reorganize, new model, view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober, palliate, mitigate, lessen an evil.

VB  increase, augment, add to, enlarge, dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up, rise, ascend, sprout, aggrandize, raise, exalt, deepen, heighten, strengthen, intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble, aggravate, exaggerate, exasperate, exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd, spread.

N  aid, aidance, assistance, help, opitulation, succor, support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion, coadjuvancy, patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy, sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment, eutrophy, manna in the wilderness, food, means, ministry, ministration, subministration, accommodation, relief, rescue, help at a dead lift, supernatural aid, deus ex machina, supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements, succors, contingents, recruits, support, adjunct, ally, aiding, auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful, coadjuvant, subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary, at one's beck, at one's beck and call, friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed, neighborly, obliging, with the aid, by the aid of, on behalf of, in behalf of, in aid of, in the service of, in the name of, in favor of, in furtherance of, on account of, for the sake of, on the part of, non obstante, Int, help!, save us!, to the rescue!, alterum alterius auxilio eget, God befriend us as our cause is just, at your service.

N  success, successfulness, speed, advance, trump card, hit, stroke, score, lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke, direct hit, bull's eye, goal, point, touchdown, home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam, killing, windfall bold stroke, master stroke, ten strike, coup de maitre, checkmate, half the battle, prize, profit, continued success, good fortune, time well spent, advantage over, upper hand, whip hand, ascendancy, mastery, expugnation, conquest, victory, subdual, subjugation, triumph, proficiency, conqueror, victor, winner, master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill, achiever, success, success story, succeeding, successful, prosperous, triumphant, flushed with success, crowned with success, victorious, on top, set up, in the ascendant, unbeaten (beat), well-spent, felicitous, effective, in full swing, successfully, well flying colors, in triumph, swimmingly, a merveille, beyond all hope, to some purpose, to good purpose, to one's heart's content, veni vidi vici, the day being one's own, one's star in the ascendant, omne tulit punctum, bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria, cede repugnanti cedendo victor abibis, chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune, dies faustus, l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort, omnia vincit amor, love conquers all, peace hath her victories no less renowned than war, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won, vincit qui patitur, vincit qui se vincit, The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

VB  elapse, lapse, flow, run, proceed, advance, pass, roll on, wear on, press on, flit, fly, slip, slide, glide, run its course, run out, expire, go by, pass by, be past.

N  lending, loan, advance, accommodation, feneration, mortgage, second mortgage, home loan, investment, note, bond, commercial paper, mont de piete, pawnshop, my uncle's, lender, pawnbroker, money lender, usurer, loan shark, loaner (of item loaned), lending, lent, unborrowed &c (borrowed), in advance, on loan, on security.

VB  lend, advance, accommodate with, lend on security, loan, pawn, intrust, invest, place out to interest, put out to interest, let, demise, lease, sett, underlet.

N  progress, progression, progressiveness, advancing, advance, advancement, ongoing, flood, tide, headway, march, rise, improvement, advancing, progressive, profluent, advanced, forward, onward, forth, on, ahead, under way, en route for, on one's way, on the way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to, in progress, in mid progress, in transitu, vestigia nulla retrorsum, westward the course of empire takes its way.

VB  advance, proceed, progress, get on, get along, get over the ground, gain ground, forge ahead, jog on, rub on, wag on, go with the stream, keep one's course, hold on one's course, go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead, make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way, make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides, go ahead, shoot ahead, distance, make up leeway.

VB  assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say, affirm, predicate, declare, state, protest, profess, put forth, put forward, advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend, depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call Heaven to witness, vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon, emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word, rap out, repeat, reassert, reaffirm, announce, acknowledge, attest, adjure.

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