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Noun | 1. | ![]() change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something |
2. | advance - a change for the better; progress in development resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification - bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" elaboration, refinement - the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique" conservation, preservation - an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change recovery - return to an original state; "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid" | |
3. | ![]() proffer, proposition, suggestion - a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" | |
4. | ![]() movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" push - an effort to advance; "the army made a push toward the sea" career, life history - the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law" march - a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time" clear sailing, easy going, plain sailing - easy unobstructed progress; "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing" leapfrog - advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors; "the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends" retreat - the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) | |
5. | ![]() amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" | |
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Verb | 1. | ![]() go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" forge - move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead" penetrate - make one's way deeper into or through; "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest" string along, string - move or come along rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down - move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool" |
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3. | ![]() increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | |
4. | advance - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" connive at, wink at - give one's silent approval to spur - incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research" help - contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries" carry - take further or advance; "carry a cause" feed - support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity" conduce, contribute, lead - be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing" | |
5. | ![]() move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" nose - advance the forward part of with caution; "She nosed the car into the left lane" back - cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" | |
6. | ![]() steal - steal a base | |
7. | ![]() climb - improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" leapfrog - progress by large jumps instead of small increments develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time" | |
8. | ![]() ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" | |
9. | ![]() assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) tenure - give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book" bring up - promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league" spot promote - promote on the spot; "Supreme Bishop Digby had been spot-promoted to Archangel" brevet - promote somebody by brevet, in the military | |
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11. | ![]() set - set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments" | |
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" |
2. | ![]() front - relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" |