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ad⋅vance

  [ad-vans, -vahns] verb, -vanced, -vanc⋅ing, noun, adjective
Use advance in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
2. to bring into consideration or notice; suggest; propose: to advance reasons for a tax cut.
3. to improve; further: to advance one's interests.
4. to raise in rank; promote: The board of directors advanced him to president.
5. to raise in rate or amount; increase: to advance the price.
6. to bring forward in time; accelerate: to advance growth; to advance clocks one hour.
7. to supply beforehand; furnish on credit or before goods are delivered or work is done.
8. to furnish as part of a stock or fund.
9. to supply or pay in expectation of reimbursement: They advanced her $5000 against future royalties.
10. to schedule at a later time or date: to advance a meeting from early to late fall.
11. Informal. to do advance publicity for: to advance a rock singer's personal appearances; the most heavily advanced sports event in history.
12. Archaic. to raise, as a banner.
–verb (used without object)
13. to move or go forward; proceed: The troops advanced.
14. to increase in quantity, value, price, etc.: His stock advanced three points.
15. (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move toward or be perceived as moving toward an observer, esp. as giving the illusion of space. Compare recede 1 (def. 3).
16. to improve or make progress.
17. to grow or rise in importance, status, etc.: to advance in rank.
18. Informal. to provide publicity; do promotion: He was hired to advance for a best-selling author.
–noun
19. a forward movement; progress in space: the advance of the troops to the border.
20. promotion; improvement in importance, rank, etc.: his advance to the position of treasurer.
21. Usually, advances.
a. attempts at forming an acquaintanceship, reaching an agreement, or the like, made by one party.
b. actions or words intended to be sexually inviting.
22. addition to price; rise in price: an advance on cottons.
23. Commerce.
a. a giving beforehand; a furnishing of something before an equivalent is received: An advance on his next month's salary permitted him to pay his debt on time.
b. the money or goods thus furnished: He received $100 as an advance against future delivery.
24. Journalism.
a. copy prepared before the event it describes has occurred: The morning papers carried advances on the ceremony, which will take place tonight.
b. a press release, wire-service dispatch, or the like, as one containing the text or partial text of a speech, sent to arrive in advance of the event to which it is related. Compare release copy.
25. the leading body of an army.
26. Military. (formerly) the order or a signal to advance.
27. Informal.
a. publicity done before the appearance of a noted person, a public event, etc.: She was hired to do advance for the candidate.
b. a person hired to do advance publicity for an event: He is regarded as the best advance in the business.
28. Automotive, Machinery. an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine to generate the spark for ignition in each cylinder earlier in the cycle. Compare retard (def. 5).
29. Geology. a seaward movement of the shoreline.
–adjective
30. going or placed before: an advance section of a train.
31. made or given ahead of time: an advance payment on a loan.
32. issued ahead of time: an advance copy of the President's speech.
33. having gone beyond others or beyond the average.
—Idioms
34. in advance, ahead of time; beforehand: You must get your tickets in advance.
35. in advance of, in front of; before: Heralds walked in advance of the king.
Origin:
1200–50; ME avauncen < AF, OF avanc(i)er < VL *abantiāre, v. deriv. of LL abante in front (of) (L ab away from, off + ante before); ad- by mistaking a- for a- 5 in the 16th cent.

Related forms:
ad⋅vanc⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. adduce, propound; offer. 3. forward, promote. 6. force; quicken, hasten, speed up. 9. lend, loan. 13. Advance, move on, proceed all imply movement forward. Advance applies to forward movement, esp. toward an objective: to advance to a platform. Proceed emphasizes movement, as from one place to another, and often implies continuing after a halt: to proceed on one's journey. Move on is similar in meaning to proceed; it does not, however, imply a definite goal: The crowd was told to move on. 16. thrive, flourish; prosper. 20. growth, advancement. 21. overture, proposal; offer, tender. 24. prepublication. 25. spearhead.

Antonyms:
1, 2. withdraw. 13. retreat. 17. decrease.
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ad·vance   (ād-vāns')   
v.   ad·vanced, ad·vanc·ing, ad·vanc·es

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to move forward: advance a chess piece.
  2. To put forward; propose or suggest: advanced a novel theory during the seminar.
  3. To aid the growth or progress of: advanced the cause of freedom.
  4. To raise in rank; promote.
  5. To cause to occur sooner: advance a deadline by one week.
  6. To raise in amount or rate; increase.
  7. To pay (money or interest) before due.
  8. To supply or lend, especially on credit.
  9. To serve as an advance person for (a trip to be made by a politician or a dignitary): "advanced the China trip during which the first trade agreements . . . were signed" (Suzanne Perney).
  10. Archaic To lift.
v.   intr.
    1. To go or move forward or onward.
    2. To move against another, as when attacking: advance on the enemy's position.
  2. To make progress; improve.
  3. To rise in rank, position, or value.
  4. To serve as an advance person for a trip to be made by a politician or a dignitary.
n.  
  1. The act or process of moving or going forward.
  2. A forward move, as toward an objective; a progressive step: an advance in genetic engineering.
  3. An increase of price or value.
  4. advances Opening approaches made to secure acquaintance, favor, or an agreement; overtures.
    1. The furnishing of funds or goods on credit.
    2. The funds or goods so furnished; a loan.
    3. Payment of money before due: an advance on next month's salary.
    4. The money so paid.
    1. Payment of money before due: an advance on next month's salary.
    2. The money so paid.
  7. Preparation, especially publicity, done prior to the appearance of a public figure or the staging of a public event.
adj.  
  1. Made or given ahead of time: an advance payment.
  2. Going before, in front, or forward.

[Middle English avauncen, from Old French avauncer, from Vulgar Latin *abantiāre, from Latin abante, from before : ab-, ab- + ante, before; see ant- in Indo-European roots.]
ad·vanc'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to cause to move ahead, as toward a goal: advance a worthy cause; forwarding their own interests; fostered friendly relations; furthering your career; efforts to promote sales.
Antonym: retard1

Usage Note: Advance, as a noun, is used for forward movement (the advance of the army) or for progress or improvement in a figurative sense. Advancement is used mainly in the figurative sense: career advancement. In the figurative sense, moreover, there is a distinction between the two terms deriving from the transitive and intransitive forms of the verb advance. The noun advancement (unlike advance) often implies the existence of an agent or outside force. Thus, the advance of science means simply the progress of science, whereas the advancement of science implies progress resulting from the action of an agent or force: The purpose of the legislation was the advancement of science.
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Advance

Ad*vance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Advancing(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer, fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be fr. L. ad. See Avaunt.]

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

2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]

They . . . advanced their eyelids. --Shak.

3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.

Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes. --Esther iii. 1.

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.

5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.

Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. --Pope.

6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.

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.

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

9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.]

Greatly advancing his gay chivalry. --Spenser.

Syn: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.

Advance

Ad*vance"\, v. i. 1. To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.

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

3. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.

Advanced to a level with ancient peers. --Prescott.

Advance

Ad*vance"\, n. [Cf. F. avance, fr. avancer. See Advance, v.]

1. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.

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

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

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.

[He] made the like advances to the dissenters. --Swift.

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.

I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances. --Jay.

The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made. --Kent.

In advance (a) In front; before. (b) Beforehand; before an equivalent is received. (c) In the state of having advanced money on account; as, A is in advance to B a thousand dollars or pounds.

Advance

Ad*vance"\, a. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : advance
Spanish: avanzar, proceder,
German: Fortschritte machen; verbessern,
Japanese: 進む
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advance 
c.1230, from O.Fr. avancer "move forward," from V.L. *abanteare, from L.L. abante "from before," composed of ab- "from" + ante "before, in front of, against," from PIE *anti "against," locative singular of *ant- "front, forehead." The -d- was inserted 16c. on mistaken notion that initial a- was L. ad-. Meaning "to give money before it is legally due" is first attested 1679. The noun is first recorded 1528; advances "amorous overtures" is from 1706. The adj. (in advance warning, etc.) is not recorded before 1910. Advanced in the fig. sense of "far ahead on a course" is from 1534.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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advance

An increase in the price of a security.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: 1ad·vance
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ad·vanced; ad·vanc·ing
: to supply or provide ahead of time: as a : to give (a gift) by way of or as an advancement b : to supply (as money) beforehand in expectation of repayment or other future adjustment

Main Entry: 2advance
Function: noun
: a provision of something (as goods or money) before a return is received; also : the money or goods supplied
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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advance

see in advance; make advances.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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