Definitions for advanced

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advanced ad·vanced

Spelling: [ad-vanst, -vahnst]

IPA: /ædˈvænst, -ˈvɑnst/

Advanced is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in advanced (aacddenv).

Definitions for advanced

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. placed ahead or forward:
2. ahead or far or further along in progress, complexity, knowledge, skill, etc.:
3. pertaining to or embodying ideas, practices, attitudes, etc., taken as being more enlightened or liberal than the standardized, established, or traditional:
4. far along in time:
5. going or placed before:
6. made or given ahead of time:
7. issued ahead of time:
8. 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 advanced

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at advance, -ed²

Examples for advanced

That means it could take several missile shots to kill an enemy fighter, even for an advanced stealth aircraft like the Raptor.

Tarleton advanced, with his infantry in the centre, and his cavalry on the wings.

While Kurdish forces have advanced on some fronts in Iraq, the fight here in Syria seems far from over yet.

She advanced, I cannot say fearless, but therefore only the more brave.

As to this, extravagant pretensions have sometimes been advanced.

Surely only an advanced hacker could mastermind such a fiendish act — right?

It was the ultimate guarantor of the humanism he advanced against Nazism.

Viviette left Katherine to her needlework, and advanced to meet him.

Blowing out the candle, he advanced to the table and set it down.

advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.