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say it: uhd-VANST
advanced is an adjective meaning "farther along in physical or mental development". It carries 8 recorded senses.
farther along in physical or mental development
“the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'”
“children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average”
comparatively late in a course of development
“the illness had reached an advanced stage”
“an advanced state of exhaustion”
ahead of the times
“the advanced teaching methods”
“had advanced views on the subject”
“a forward-looking corporation”
“is British industry innovative enough?”
at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
“an advanced degree”
“an advanced text in physics”
“special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University”
ahead in development; complex or intricate
“advanced technology”
“a sophisticated electronic control system”
(of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
“advanced societies”
“an advanced country technologically”
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 advanced 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.