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WordNet 2.0 |
- the act of moving forward toward a goal |
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- increase in price or value |
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- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others |
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- a change for the better - progress in development |
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- a movement forward |
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- an amount paid before it is earned |
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- rise in rate or price |
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- develop in a positive way |
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- increase or raise |
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- develop further |
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- bring forward for consideration or acceptance |
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- obtain advantages, such as points, etc. |
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- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
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- cause to move forward |
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- move forward |
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- pay in advance |
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- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position |
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- contribute to the progress or growth of |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. 2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic] "They . . . advanced their eyelids. Shak." -- 3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote. "Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes. Esther iii. 1." -- 4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests. 5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument. "Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. Pope." -- 6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten. 7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him. 8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods. 9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.] "Greatly advancing his gay chivalry. Spenser." -- Syn. -- To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign. |
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1. To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me. 2. To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price. 3. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted. "Advanced to a level with ancient peers. Prescott." -- |
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1. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress. 2. Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office. 3. An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods. 4. The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural. "[He] made the like advances to the dissenters. Swift." -- 5. A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand. "I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances. Jay." -- "The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made. Kent." -- In advance |
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1. Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication. |
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