advance
UK /ədˈvɑːns/ · US /ədˈvæns/ verb, noun, adjective
Forms advances advancing advanced advaunce
- verb To help the progress of (something); to further.
- verb To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- verb To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
- verb To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
- verb (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
- verb To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
- verb To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
- verb (intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
- noun A forward move; improvement or progression. “an advance in health or knowledge”
- noun An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- noun An addition to the price; rise in price or value. “an advance on the prime cost of goods”
- noun (often in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
- adjective Completed before necessary or a milestone event. “He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.”
- adjective Preceding. “The advance man came a month before the candidate.”
- adjective Forward. “The scouts found a site for an advance base.”
Synonyms
elevate exalt raise aggrandize dignify ennoble honor nobilitate prefer promote uplift accelerate adduce allege heighten improve assign progress progression improvement betterment overture approach feeler procession advancement forward motion onward motion cash advance rise
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
- verb To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]
- verb To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.
- verb To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.
Etymology [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer, fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be fr. L. ad. See Avaunt.]
Etymology [Cf. F. avance, fr. avancer. See Advance, v.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “advance”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details