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Adjective advance has 2 senses
- advance, beforehand - being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report"
Antonym: middle (indirect, via late, early)
Antonym: late (indirect, via early, middle)
- advance, advanced, in advance - situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"
Antonym: back (indirect, via front)
Noun advance has 6 senses
- progress, progression, advance - a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops"
--1 is a kind of change of location, travel
--1 has particulars: headway, head
- improvement, betterment, advance - a change for the better; progress in development
--2 is a kind of transformation, transmutation, shift
--2 has particulars:
- overture, advance, approach, feeler - a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
--3 is a kind of suggestion, proposition, proffer
- progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion - the act of moving forward toward a goal
--4 is a kind of motion, movement, move
--4 has particulars:
- advance, cash advance - an amount paid before it is earned
--5 is a kind of sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
- advance, rise - increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
--6 is a kind of increase, step-up
Verb advance has 12 senses
- advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: recede, fall back, retire
Sample sentence:
The water advances
- advance, throw out - bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
--2 is one way to propose, suggest, advise
Sample sentence:
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- boost, advance, supercharge - increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
--3 is one way to increase
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- promote, advance, boost, further, encourage - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
--4 is one way to support, back up
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Somebody ----s something
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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- advance, bring forward - cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?"
--5 is one way to move, displace
Antonyms: back
Sample sentences:
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- gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground - 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"
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- progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
--7 is one way to develop
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- advance - develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"
--8 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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- promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate - 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"
--9 is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign
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Somebody ----s somebody
- advance - pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?"
--10 is one way to lend, loan
Sample sentences:
They advance the money to them
They advance them the money
- advance, set ahead - move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"
--11 is one way to set
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Somebody ----s something
- advance, gain - rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"
--12 is one way to wax, mount, climb, rise
Sample sentence:
The stock market is going to advance
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