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Entry 18 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Advance

/əd-văns'/ · Ad·vance · IPA /ədˈvæns/
01 v. t. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
imp. & p. p. Advanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Advancing
  1. 1.
    To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
  2. 2.
    To raise; to elevate.[Archaic]
    “They . . . advanced their eyelids.” — Shak.
  3. 3.
    To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
    “Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes.” — Esther iii. 1.
  4. 4.
    To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.
  5. 5.
    To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.
    “Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own.” — Pope.
  6. 6.
    To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
  7. 7.
    To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him.
  8. 8.
    To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.
  9. 9.
    To extol; to laud.[Obs.]
    “Greatly advancing his gay chivalry.” — Spenser.
Syn. To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.
02 v. i. To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.
  1. 1.
    To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.
  2. 2.
    To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.
  3. 3.
    To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.
    “Advanced to a level with ancient peers.” — Prescott.
03 n. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.
  1. 1.
    The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.
  2. 2.
    Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.
  3. 3.
    An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.
  4. 4.
    The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural.
    “[He] made the like advances to the dissenters.” — Swift.
  5. 5.
    A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.
    “I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances.” — Jay.
    “The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made.” — Kent.
Phrases & compounds
In advance — In front; before.
04 a. Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advan…
  1. 1.
    Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.