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  1. advance
    [ədˈvans]
    verb
    advance (verb)
    advances (third person present)
    advanced (past tense)
    advanced (past participle)
    advancing (present participle)
    1. move forward in a purposeful way:
      "she stood up and advanced toward him"
      "the troops advanced on the capital"
      Similar:
      proceed
      move along
      push on
      forge ahead
      gain ground
      approach
      near
      • make or cause to make progress:
        "our knowledge is advancing all the time"
        "it was a chance to advance his own interests"
        Similar:
        promote
        further
        forward
        help
        aid
        assist
        facilitate
        • put forward (a theory or suggestion):
          "the hypothesis I wish to advance in this article"
          Similar:
          put forward
          present
          come up with
          submit
          suggest
          propose
          introduce
          • lend (money) to (someone):
            "the bank advanced them a loan"
            Similar:
            lend
            loan
            credit
            pay out
            put up
            come up with
            contribute
            noun
            advance (noun)
            advances (plural noun)
            1. a forward movement:
              "the rebels' advance on Madrid was well under way"
              "the advance of civilization"
              Similar:
              progress
              headway
              approach
              nearing
              coming
              arrival
              moving forward
              • a development or improvement:
                "genuine advances in engineering techniques"
                "decades of great scientific advance"
                Similar:
                breakthrough
                development
                step forward
                leap
                quantum leap
                find
                finding
                • an amount of money paid before it is due or for work only partly completed:
                  "the author was paid a $250,000 advance"
                  "I asked for an advance on next month's salary"
                  Similar:
                  down payment
                  deposit
                  retainer
                  prepayment
                  front money
                  advance against royalty
                  money up front
                  • (advances)
                    an approach made to someone, typically with the aim of initiating a sexual encounter:
                    "women accused him of making improper advances"
                    "earlier in her career a male superior made advances to her"
                    "he claims to have rejected her advances on four separate occasions"
                    Similar:
                    overtures
                    moves
                    proposal
                    proposition
                    offer
                    suggestion
                    appeal
                    adjective
                    advance (adjective)
                    1. done, sent, or supplied beforehand:
                      "advance notice"
                      "advance payment"
                      Similar:
                      preliminary
                      leading
                      forward
                      foremost
                      first
                      exploratory
                      explorative
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                      Pronunciation
                      verb
                      ədˈvans
                      Tone

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                      Origin
                      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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