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advance is a verb, noun and adjective meaning "move forward, also in the metaphorical sense". It carries 20 recorded senses.
increase or raise
“boost the voltage in an electrical circuit”
cause to move forward
“Can you move the car seat forward?”
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
“The home team was gaining ground”
“After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference”
“win points”
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
“John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired”
“Women tend not to advance in the major law firms”
“I got promoted after many years of hard work”
a movement forward
“he listened for the progress of the troops”
a change for the better; progress in development
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
“she rejected his advances”
an amount paid before it is earned
being ahead of time or need
“gave advance warning”
“was beforehand with her report”
situated ahead or going before
“an advance party”
“at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for advance come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.