advance

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ədˈvɑːns/]

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1. advance (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To promote or advantage.: To help the progress of (something); to further.

Example: Some see it as in effect the end of the Syrian uprising that began with peaceful protests against Assad’s police state in 2011, with opposition fighters working to advance Turkey’s interests at the expense of the revolution’s goals.

2. advance (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To promote or advantage.: To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.

Example: After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

3. advance (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To move forward in space or time.: To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.

Example: Whence and what art thou, execrable shape, / That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance / Thy miscreated front athwart my way / To yonder gates?

4. advance (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A forward move; improvement or progression.

Example: an advance in health or knowledge

5. advance (noun) — sense 5

Definition: An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

Example: Could he ask the cashier privately for an advance? No, the cashier was no good, no damn good: he wouldn't give an advance.

6. advance (noun) — sense 6

Definition: An addition to the price; rise in price or value.

Example: an advance on the prime cost of goods

7. advance (adj) — sense 7

Definition: Completed before necessary or a milestone event.

Example: He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.

8. advance (adj) — sense 8

Definition: Preceding.

Example: The advance man came a month before the candidate.

9. advance (adj) — sense 9

Definition: Forward.

Example: The scouts found a site for an advance base.

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