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Definition: Meaning of, advance in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ədˈvɑːns /

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advance advances
  1. in advance (of something) before something happens or is expected to happen
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  2. be in advance of somebody/something to be more developed or modern than someone or something else
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  3. development/improvement [countable] a change, discovery, or INVENTION that brings progress
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  4. forward movement [countable] forward movement or progress of a group of people - used especially to talk about soldiers
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  5. money [countable usually singular] money paid to someone before the usual time, especially someone's salary
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  6. advances [plural] formal an attempt to start a sexual relationship with someone
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  7. increase [countable] an increase in the price or value of something - used especially to talk about the STOCK EXCHANGE
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advance advanced advanced
Present Participle Third Person Singular
advancing advances
  1. move forward [intransitive] to move towards someone or something, especially in a slow and determined way - used especially to talk about soldiers
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  2. develop [intransitive and transitive] if scientific or technical knowledge advances, or if something advances it, it develops and improves
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  3. money [transitive] to give someone money before they have earned it
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  4. advance your career/a cause/your interests etc to do something that will help you achieve an advantage or success for yourself or someone else
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  5. price [intransitive] if the price or value of something advances, it increases - used especially when talking about the STOCK EXCHANGE
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  6. time/date [transitive] formal to change the time or date when an event should happen to an earlier time or date
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  7. machine [intransitive and transitive] formal if you advance a film, clock, musical recording etc, or if it advances, it goes forward
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  1. advance planning/warning/booking etc planning etc that is done before an event
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  2. advance party/team a group of people who go first to a place where something will happen to prepare for it
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  3. advance copy a copy of a book, record etc that has not yet been made available to the public
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advance used in phrases

  • advance death benefit (noun)
    1. usually 6 months a percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy
  • advance fee fraud (noun)
    1. another name for 419 SCAM
  • annuity in advance (noun)
    1. an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods
  • cash advance (noun)
    1. money that you get from a bank, using a CREDIT CARD
  • film advance (noun)
    1. a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector
  • in advance (adverb)
    1. ahead of time; in anticipation
    in advance (adjective)
    1. situated ahead or going before
  • patterned advance (noun)
    1. a series with a definite pattern of advance
  • spark advance (noun)
    1. the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
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