Definitions for advance

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advance ad·vance

Spelling: [ad-vans, -vahns]

IPA: /ædˈvæns, -ˈvɑns/

Advance is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in advance (aacdenv).

Definitions for advance

noun

1. a forward movement; progress in space:
2. promotion; improvement in importance, rank, etc.:
3. Usually, advances. attempts at forming an acquaintanceship, reaching an agreement, or the like, made by one party. actions or words intended to be sexually inviting.
4. addition to price; rise in price:
5. Commerce. a giving beforehand; a furnishing of something before an equivalent is received: the money or goods thus furnished:
6. Journalism. copy prepared before the event it describes has occurred: a press release, wire-service dispatch, or the like, as one containing the text or partial text of a speech, sent to arrive in advance of the event to which it is related. Compare release copy.
7. the leading body of an army.
8. Military. (formerly) the order or a signal to advance.
9. Informal. publicity done before the appearance of a noted person, a public event, etc.: a person hired to do advance publicity for an event:
10. Automotive, Machinery. an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine to generate the spark for ignition in each cylinder earlier in the cycle. Compare retard (def 5).
11. Geology. a seaward movement of the shoreline.

Idioms

1. in advance, ahead of time; beforehand:
2. in advance of, in front of; before:

adjective

1. going or placed before:
2. made or given ahead of time:
3. issued ahead of time:
4. having gone beyond others or beyond the average.

verb (used with object)

1. to move or bring forward:
2. to bring into consideration or notice; suggest; propose:
3. to improve; further:
4. to raise in rank; promote:
5. to raise in rate or amount; increase:
6. to bring forward in time; accelerate:
7. to supply beforehand; furnish on credit or before goods are delivered or work is done.
8. to furnish as part of a stock or fund.
9. to supply or pay in expectation of reimbursement:
10. to schedule at a later time or date:
11. Informal. to do advance publicity for:
12. Archaic. to raise, as a banner.

verb (used without object)

1. to move or go forward; proceed:
2. to increase in quantity, value, price, etc.:
3. (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move toward or be perceived as moving toward an observer, especially as giving the illusion of space. Compare recede1 (def 3).
4. to improve or make progress.
5. to grow or rise in importance, status, etc.:
6. Informal. to provide publicity; do promotion:

Origin of advance

1200-50; Middle English avauncen Anglo-French, Old French avanc(i)er Vulgar Latin *abantiāre, verbal derivative of Late Latin abante in front (of) (Latin ab away from, off + ante before);

Examples for advance

This request he intended to refuse, and enjoyed in advance the humiliation of young Rushton.

All the slots for arrivals and departures are allocated months in advance.

This can also be prepared a few days in advance and stored, covered, in the fridge.

We may never know the full amount that the Kochs or other outside spenders donate to advance anti-union legislation.

The boy shouldered the carpetbag and started in advance, Robert following.

Admission is free, but by invitation only, and advance RSVP is required.

Accompanied by one of the blacks, Eyre went on in advance to find water.

Judged by the discussions of to-day, what advance has in politics been effected?

In this a step in advance of some of our neighbours was taken.

And Epstein continues to steer money toward universities to advance scientific research.