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advance [ ad·vance ]

[
US
ədˈvæns ]
[
UK
ədˈvɑːns ]
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Verb

1. Move forwards in a purposeful way.

the troops advanced on the capital

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2. Move forward in time.

I'm ready to advance into the twenty-first century.

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3. Change the date of (an event) so as to occur earlier than planned.

The question is what is the need for advancing the date of elections by a few months.

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4. Make or cause to make progress.

our knowledge is advancing all the time

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5. (of shares) increase in price.

the food group advanced 12p to 639p

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6. Put forward (a theory or suggestion)

What if Einstein had not advanced his theories?

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7. Lend (money) to (someone)

He directed Mr Staume to record all money advanced to him as loans.

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8. Pay (money) to (someone) before it is due.

The reconciliation is needed to make sure the money advanced has been properly spent.

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Noun

1. A forward movement.

the rebels' advance on Madrid was well under way

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2. A development or improvement.

advances in engineering techniques

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3. An increase in amount or price.

The advance in prices increased both government expenditures and debt.

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4. An amount of money paid before it is due or for work only partly completed.

the author was paid a £250, 000 advance

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5. A loan.

The financial sector has also borrowed $437 billion of ‘other loans and advances.’

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6. (usually advances) An approach made to someone with the aim of initiating sexual or amorous relations.

When two men pulled up in a station wagon, the girls rebuffed their sexual advances.

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Adjective

1. Done, sent, or supplied beforehand.

advance notice

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Origin

1. Middle English from Old French avance (noun), avancer (verb), from late Latin abante ‘in front’, from ab ‘from’ + ante ‘before’. The initial a- was erroneously assimilated to ad- in the 16th century.

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