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- [ad-vans, -vahns]
- /ædˈvæns, -ˈvɑns/
- /ədˈvɑːns/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ad-vans, -vahns]
- /ædˈvæns, -ˈvɑns/
Definitions of advance word
- verb advance To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone. 3
- verb advance To advance means to make progress, especially in your knowledge of something. 3
- verb advance If you advance someone a sum of money, you lend it to them, or pay it to them earlier than arranged. 3
- countable noun advance An advance is money which is lent or paid to someone before they would normally receive it. 3
- verb advance To advance an event, or the time or date of an event, means to bring it forward to an earlier time or date. 3
- verb advance If you advance a cause, interest, or claim, you support it and help to make it successful. 3
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Origin of advance
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English avauncen < Anglo-French, Old French avanc(i)er < Vulgar Latin *abantiāre, verbal derivative of Late Latin abante in front (of) (Latin ab away from, off + ante before); ad- by mistaking a- for a-5 in the 16th cent.
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Parts of speech for Advance
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
advance popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
advance usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for advance
verb advance
- propel — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
- storm — Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr ˈvɔlt sən/ (Show IPA), 1817–88, German poet and novelist.
- progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
adjective advance
- first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- leading — made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
- prior — preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
noun advance
- development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
- improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
- spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- innovation — something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
- self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
Antonyms for advance
verb advance
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
adjective advance
- last — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- after — If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
noun advance
- retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- hesitation — the act of hesitating; a delay due to uncertainty of mind or fear: His hesitation cost him the championship.
- impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
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