ALL meanings of advance
ad·vance
A a - noun advance a loan 3
- adjective advance in front 3
- adjective advance beforehand; ahead of time 3
- verb advance If you advance money for promised goods or services, you pay the money before the goods or services are provided. 3
- transitive verb advance move forward 1
- transitive verb advance further 1
- noun advance movement forward 1
- adjective advance issued ahead of schedule 1
- noun plural advance progress 1
- noun advance loan 1
- adjective advance placed toward the front 1
- noun advance increase 1
- noun advance attempts at romance 1
- intransitive verb advance increase in value 1
- intransitive verb advance improve, progress 1
- transitive verb advance propose 1
- transitive verb advance hasten 1
- transitive verb advance lend 1
- verb with object advance to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position. 1
- verb with object advance to bring into consideration or notice; suggest; propose: to advance reasons for a tax cut. 1
- verb with object advance to improve; further: to advance one's interests. 1
- verb with object advance to raise in rank; promote: The board of directors advanced him to president. 1
- verb with object advance to raise in rate or amount; increase: to advance the price. 1
- verb with object advance to bring forward in time; accelerate: to advance growth; to advance clocks one hour. 1
- verb with object advance to supply beforehand; furnish on credit or before goods are delivered or work is done. 1
- verb with object advance to furnish as part of a stock or fund. 1
- verb with object advance to supply or pay in expectation of reimbursement: They advanced her $5000 against future royalties. 1
- verb with object advance to schedule at a later time or date: to advance a meeting from early to late fall. 1
- verb with object advance Informal. to do advance publicity for: to advance a rock singer's personal appearances; the most heavily advanced sports event in history. 1
- verb with object advance Archaic. to raise, as a banner. 1
- verb without object advance to move or go forward; proceed: The troops advanced. 1
- verb without object advance to increase in quantity, value, price, etc.: His stock advanced three points. 1
- verb without object advance (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move toward or be perceived as moving toward an observer, especially as giving the illusion of space. Compare recede1 (def 3). 1
- verb without object advance to improve or make progress. 1
- verb without object advance to grow or rise in importance, status, etc.: to advance in rank. 1
- verb without object advance Informal. to provide publicity; do promotion: He was hired to advance for a best-selling author. 1
- noun advance a forward movement; progress in space: the advance of the troops to the border. 1
- noun advance promotion; improvement in importance, rank, etc.: his advance to the position of treasurer. 1
- noun advance Usually, advances. attempts at forming an acquaintanceship, reaching an agreement, or the like, made by one party. actions or words intended to be sexually inviting. 1
- noun advance addition to price; rise in price: an advance on cottons. 1
- noun advance Commerce. a giving beforehand; a furnishing of something before an equivalent is received: An advance on his next month's salary permitted him to pay his debt on time. the money or goods thus furnished: He received $100 as an advance against future delivery. 1
- noun advance Journalism. copy prepared before the event it describes has occurred: The morning papers carried advances on the ceremony, which will take place tonight. a press release, wire-service dispatch, or the like, as one containing the text or partial text of a speech, sent to arrive in advance of the event to which it is related. Compare release copy. 1
- noun advance the leading body of an army. 1
- noun advance Military. (formerly) the order or a signal to advance. 1
- noun advance Informal. publicity done before the appearance of a noted person, a public event, etc.: She was hired to do advance for the candidate. a person hired to do advance publicity for an event: He is regarded as the best advance in the business. 1
- noun advance Automotive, Machinery. an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine to generate the spark for ignition in each cylinder earlier in the cycle. Compare retard (def 5). 1
- noun advance Geology. a seaward movement of the shoreline. 1
- adjective advance going or placed before: an advance section of a train. 1
- adjective advance made or given ahead of time: an advance payment on a loan. 1
- adjective advance issued ahead of time: an advance copy of the president's speech. 1