ad·vance ( d-vns )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. a. To go or move forward or onward. b. 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. 5. a. The furnishing of funds or goods on credit. b. The funds or goods so furnished; a loan. 6. a. Payment of money before due: an advance on next month's salary. b. 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. Idioms: 1. Made or given ahead of time: an advance payment. 2. Going before, in front, or forward. in advance Ahead of time; beforehand. in advance of In front of; ahead of. [Middle English avauncen, from Old French avauncer, from Vulgar Latin *abanti  re, from Latin abante, from before : ab-, ab- + ante, before; see ant- in Indo-European roots.]ad·vanc er n.Synonyms: advance, forward, foster, further, promote 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. |
advance
Verb
[-vancing, -vanced]
1. to go or bring forward
2. to make progress: this student has advanced in reading and writing
3. to further a cause: an association founded to advance the interests of ex-soldiers
4. advance on to move towards someone in a threatening manner
5. to present an idea for consideration
6. to lend a sum of money
Noun
1. a forward movement
2. improvement or progress: the greatest advance in modern medicine
3. a loan of money
4. a payment made before it is legally due
5. an increase in price: any advance on fifty pounds?
6. in advance beforehand: you have to pay in advance
7. in advance of ahead of in time or development
Adjective
done or happening before an event: advance warning
See also advances [Latin abante from before]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | advance - a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" 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. | advance - a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" proffer, proposition, suggestion - a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" | |
| 4. | advance - the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) 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. | advance - an amount paid before it is earned 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" | |
| 6. | advance - increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market" | |
| Verb | 1. | advance - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" 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" |
| 2. | advance - bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument" | |
| 3. | advance - increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit" 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. | advance - cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?" 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. | advance - 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" steal - steal a base | |
| 7. | advance - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" 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. | advance - develop further; "We are advancing technology every day" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" | |
| 9. | advance - 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" 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 | |
| 10. | advance - pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?" | |
| 11. | advance - move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward" set - set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments" | |
| 12. | advance - rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" | |
| Adj. | 1. | advance - being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report" 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. | advance - situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" front - relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" |
advance
verb 1. progress, proceed, go ahead, move up, come forward, go forward, press on, gain ground, make inroads, make headway, make your way, cover ground, make strides, move onward << OPPOSITE retreat
verb 2. accelerate, speed, promote, hurry (up), step up (informal) hasten, precipitate, quicken, bring forward, push forward, expedite, send forward
verb 3. improve, rise, grow, develop, reform, pick up, progress, thrive, upgrade, multiply, prosper, make strides
verb 4. suggest, offer, present, propose, allege, cite, advocate, submit, prescribe, put forward, proffer, adduce, offer as a suggestion << OPPOSITE withhold
noun 6. credit,
noun 9. increase,
noun 10. attack, charge, strike, rush, assault, raid, invasion, offensive, onslaught, advancement, foray, incursion, forward movement, onward movement
noun 11. improvement, development, gain, growth, breakthrough, advancement, step, headway, inroads, betterment, furtherance, forward movement, amelioration, onward movement
modifier 12. prior, early, previous, beforehand >> in advance beforehand, earlier, ahead, previously, in the lead, in the forefront
Translations
advance [ədˈvɑːns] n → adelanto, progreso (= money); anticipo;
(MIL) → avance m
vi → avanzar, adelantarse;
in advance → por adelantado; [book] → con antelación;
(amorously) → insinuarse a algn
advance [ədˈvɑːns] n → avance f
vt → avancer
vi → s'avancer;
advance booking → location f;
advance notice, advance warning → préavis m;
(verbal) → avertissement m;
advance [ədˈvɑːns] n (movement) → Vorrücken nt;
(progress) → Fortschritt m;
(money) → Vorschuss m
vt (money) → vorschießen;
(theory, idea) → vorbringen
vi (move forward) → vorrücken;
(make progress) → Fortschritte machen
adj advance booking → Vorverkauf m;
to make advances (to sb) → Annäherungsversuche (bei jdm) machen;
in advance → im Voraus;
to give sb advance notice → jdm frühzeitig Bescheid sagen;
to give sb advance warning → jdn vorwarnen
advance [ədˈvɑːns] n → avanzamento (= money); anticipo
vt → avanzare [+ date, money]; anticipare
vi → avanzare;
in advance → in anticipo;
v advance [ədˈvaːns]
1 to move forward The army advanced towards the town; Our plans are advancing well; He married the boss's daughter to advance (= improve) his chances of promotion. bevorder يَتَقَدَّم напредвам pokročit; zlepšit gøre fremskridt; rykke frem; skride fremad Fortschritte machen; verbessern προχωρώ, προελαύνω, προκόβω avanzar, proceder edasi liikuma, edenema, edendama پیش رفتن؛ پیشرفت کردن edetä, edistää (faire) avancer לְהִתְקַדֵם आगे बढ़ना unaprijediti halad memajukan sækja fram; efla avanzare 進む 나아가다; 전진시키다, 촉진하다 žengti į priekį virzīties uz priekšu; progresēt meningkatkan (doen)vooruitgaan rykke fram; forbedre, øke posuwać (się) naprzód avançar a avansa; a spori продвигаться postúpiť, zlepšiť napredovati, pospešiti napredovati avancera, främja เคลื่อนไปข้างหน้า ilerlemek 推進 рухати(ся) вперед, просуватися کوج کرنا tiến về; phát triển 提升；推进
2 to supply (someone) with (money) on credit The bank will advance you $500. leen, voorskiet يُقْرِض مَالاً، يُسَلِّف авансирам vyplatit předem låne; yde forskud Vorschuß geben (προ)καταβάλλω adelantar laenama مساعده دادن lainata avancer מִקְדָמָה अग्रिम देना dati predujam kölcsönad menyerahkan uang muka lána anticipare 前払いする 선불하다, 선대하다 duoti paskolą, išmokėti avansą izmaksāt (avansu vai aizdevumu) mendahulukan voorschieten låne, forskuttere wypłacać zaliczkę w wysokości adiantar a da un avans ссужать vyplatiť vopred vnaprej plačati platiti unapred förskottera, låna จ่ายล่วงหน้า avans vermek 預付 авансувати; позичати قرض دینا trả trước 预付
n
1 moving forward or progressing We've halted the enemy's advance; Great advances in medicine have been made in this century. vordering تَقَدُّم настъпление postup, pokrok fremrykning; fremmarch; fremskridt der Fortschritt πρόοδος, προέλαση avance, adelanto, progreso edasiliikumine, edusamm پیشرفت eteneminen, edistys progrès הִתְקַדְמוּת प्रगति napredak előrehaladás, fejlődés kemajuan framsókn, framfarir avanzata 前進 전진, 진보 žengimas pirmyn, pasiekimas virzīšanās uz priekšu; progress peningkatan vooruitgang framrykning; framskritt postęp avanço progres продвижение, прогресс postup, pokrok prodor, napredek napredovanje framryckning, framsteg การเคลื่อนไปข้างหน้า ilerleme, ilerleyiş 前進 просування; прогрес پیش قدمی sự tiến bộ 前进
2 a payment made before the normal time Can I have an advance on my salary? voorskot سُلْفَه، تَسْلِيف аванс záloha forskud der Vorschuß προκαταβολή anticipo avanss مساعده ennakko avance מִקְדָמָה अग्रिम राशि predujam előleg uang muka fyrirframgreiðsla anticipo 前払い 선불 avansas avanss; aizdevums pendahuluan voorschot forskudd zaliczka, zadatek adiantamento avans аванс záloha predujem akontacija förskott การจ่ายเงินล่วงหน้า avans 預付 аванс پیشگی tiền tạm ứng 预付
3 (usually in plural) an attempt at (especially sexual) seduction. verleiding, flankering مُحَاوَلَة لِكَسْب صَدَاقَةأو لِأغْرَاء захождам pokus o sblížení tilnærmelse(r) Annäherungsversuch (ανήθικες) προτάσεις (πληθ.) insinuación, propuesta lähenemiskatse ایجاد رابطه با جنس مخالف lähentely avance(s) הַקְדָמָה pokušaj zbližavanja próbálkozás rayuan umleitanir; það að reyna við e-n avance, approccio 言い寄り (가까워지기 위한) 접근 meilinimasis tuvošanās gerak laku avance tilnærmelser zaloty proposta avansuri заигрывания pokus o zblíženie dvorjenje zavoditi närmande การชักจูงให้ร่วมเพศ baştan çıkarmaya çalışma 勾引 аванси جنسی طور پر پیش قدمی lời tán tỉnh 求爱
adj
1 made etc before the necessary or agreed time an advance payment. vooruit مُقَدَّم، قَبْل المَوعِد предварителен předčasný forskuds- Voraus... προκαταβολικός por adelantado, anticipado ette- زودتر از موعد ennakko- anticipé מִקְדָמָה पूर्व prijevremeni előre fizetett di muka fyrirfram- anticipato 前渡しの 예정보다 앞선 išankstinis iepriekšējs awal vooraf forskudds-, forskuddsvis przedterminowy, zaliczkowy adiantado anticipat сделанный заранее vopred vnaprejšen unapred (plaćen) förskotts- ที่จ่ายล่วงหน้า avans 預先的 той, що зроблено наперед پیشگی ادائیگی cung cấp trước 预先的
2 made beforehand an advance booking. vooraf سَلَفَاً предварително předem på forhånd im voraus από πριν anticipado ette- آماده ennakko- à l'avance מֵרֹאש अग्रिम राशि देना obavljen unaprijed előzetes sebelumnya fyrirfram- in anticipo, anticipato あらかじめの 미리 하는 išankstinis iepriekšējs bayaran pendahuluan vooraf på forhånd, forhånds- wczesny antecipado în avans предварительный dopredu predčasen unapred učinjen förhands- ล่วงหน้า önceden 預訂的 той, що зроблено передчасно وقت سے قبل làm trước 预订的
3 sent ahead of the main group or force the advance guard. voorste مُقَدِّمَة الجَيْشْ، طَلِيعَه авангард předvojový fortrops- voraus προπορευόμενος avanzadilla eel- پیشرو etu- avant-garde כִּח חָלוּץ @@@כּוֹח חָלוּץ$$$ predstraža előre tolt depan framlið/-sveitir (1) avanguardia 先に立つ 선발의 žvalgomasis avangarda- mara terlebih dahulu vooruitgezonden fortropps- przedni avançado avangardă передовой predvojový predstraža prethodan för[] แนวหน้า öncü 先頭的；高級的 авангардний ہراول quân tiên phong 先头的；高级的
adj advanced
having made a lot of progress; at a high level an advanced computer course; in the advanced stages of the illness. gevorderd مُتَقَدِّم напреднал pokročilý fremskreden; videregående; for viderekomne fortgeschritten προχωρημένος avanzado edasijõudnud, kaugele arenenud پیشرفته pitkälle edennyt avancé מִתְקַדֵם उन्नत uznapredovao haladó maju framhalds-; þróaður, langt kominn avanzato, avanzata 進んでいる 발달한, 고급의 pažengęs į priekį uz priekšu pavirzījies; progresīvs; augstākā līmeņa ke peringkat yg lebih atas gevorderd videregående, for viderekomne; framskreden dla zaawansowanych, zaawansowany avançado avansat продвинутый pokročilý višji napredan avancerad, långt framskriden ที่อยู่นำหน้า; ชั้นสูง ileri, gelişmiş 先進的；高級的 сучасний; досконалий ترقی کرنا tiến bộ 先进的；高级的
in advance
1 before(hand) Can you pay me in advance? vooruit سَلَفَاً предварително předem på forhånd im voraus προκαταβολικά por adelantado ette از قبل؛ جلوتر etukäteen d'avance מֵרֹאש समयपूर्व unaprijed előre di muka fyrirfram in anticipo, anticipatamente あらかじめ 선불로, 미리 iš anksto iepriekš awal vooraf på forhånd z góry adiantado în avans заранее; авансом vopred vnaprej unapred i förskott ล่วงหน้า önceden 預先 наперед, заздалегідь پیشگی ادا کرنا trước 预先
2 in front I've been sent on in advance (of the main force). vooruit فِي الطَّلِيعَه пред v předsunuté pozici foran; forud; før (im) voraus πιο μπροστά, εκ των προτέρων al frente de ees جلوتر از دیگران؛ پیشرو edellä en éclaireur מֵרֹאש ispred előre lebih dulu á undan (öðrum) in avanscoperta 先立って 선두에 priekyje pa priekšu di hadapan voor...uit foran na przód, na czoło na frente înainte вперёд v predsunutej pozícii kot izvidnik kao prethodnica i förväg ก่อนหน้า önünde, önünden 在前面 наперед سامنے phía trước 在前面
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
| ?Page tools | ||
|---|---|---|
|