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Definitions for Advanced

[1] placed ahead or forward: with one foot advanced.
[2] ahead or far or further along in progress, complexity, knowledge, skill, etc.: an advanced class in Spanish; to take a course in advanced mathematics; Our plans are too advanced to make the change now.
[3] pertaining to or embodying ideas, practices, attitudes, etc., taken as being more enlightened or liberal than the standardized, established, or traditional: advanced theories of child care; the more advanced members of the artistic community.
[4] far along in time: the advanced age of most senators.
[5] to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
[6] to bring into consideration or notice; suggest; propose: to advance reasons for a tax cut.
[7] to improve; further: to advance one's interests.
[8] to raise in rank; promote: The board of directors advanced him to president.
[9] to raise in rate or amount; increase: to advance the price.
[10] to bring forward in time; accelerate: to advance growth; to advance clocks one hour.
[11] to supply beforehand; furnish on credit or before goods are delivered or work is done.
[12] to furnish as part of a stock or fund.
[13] to supply or pay in expectation of reimbursement: They advanced her $5000 against future royalties.
[14] to schedule at a later time or date: to advance a meeting from early to late fall.
[15] Informal . to do advance publicity for: to advance a rock singer's personal appearances; the most heavily advanced sports event in history.
[16] Archaic . to raise, as a banner.
[17] to move or go forward; proceed: The troops advanced.
[18] to increase in quantity, value, price, etc.: His stock advanced three points.
[19] (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) .
[20] to improve or make progress.
[21] to grow or rise in importance, status, etc.: to advance in rank.
[22] Informal . to provide publicity; do promotion: He was hired to advance for a best-selling author.
[23] a forward movement; progress in space: the advance of the troops to the border.
[24] promotion; improvement in importance, rank, etc.: his advance to the position of treasurer.
[25] 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.
[26] addition to price; rise in price: an advance on cottons.
[27] 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.
[28] 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.
[29] the leading body of an army.
[30] Military . (formerly) the order or a signal to advance.
[31] 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.
[32] 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) .
[33] Geology . a seaward movement of the shoreline.
[34] going or placed before: an advance section of a train.
[35] made or given ahead of time: an advance payment on a loan.
[36] issued ahead of time: an advance copy of the president's speech.
[37] having gone beyond others or beyond the average.
[38] being ahead in development, knowledge, progress, etc advanced studies
[39] having reached a comparatively late stage a man of advanced age
[40] ahead of the times advanced views on religion
[41] to go or bring forward in position
[42] (foll by on) to move (towards) in a threatening manner
[43] (tr) to present for consideration; suggest
[44] to bring or be brought to a further stage of development; improve; further
[45] (tr) to cause (an event) to occur earlier
[46] (tr) to supply (money, goods, etc) beforehand, either for a loan or as an initial payment
[47] to increase (a price, value, rate of occurrence, etc) or (of a price, etc) to be increased
[48] (intr) to improve one's position; be promoted he advanced rapidly in his job
[49] (tr) archaic to promote in rank, status, or position
[50] forward movement; progress in time or space
[51] improvement; progress in development
[52] commerce the supplying of commodities or funds before receipt of an agreed consideration the commodities or funds supplied in this manner (as modifier ) an advance supply
[53] Also called: advance payment a money payment made before it is legally due this is an advance on your salary
[54] a loan of money
[55] an increase in price, value, rate of occurrence, etc
[56] a less common word for advancement (def. 1)
[57] in advance beforehand payment in advance (foll by of) ahead in time or development ideas in advance of the time
[58] (modifier) forward in position or time advance booking ; an advance warning

Words related to Advanced

state-of-the-art, progressive, leading, forward, avant-garde, breakthrough, excellent, exceptional, extreme, first, foremost, higher, late, liberal, precocious, radical, unconventional

Words nearby Advanced

advance guard, advance man, advance notice, advance poll, advance ratio, advanced, advanced credit, advanced degree, advanced gas-cooled reactor, advanced higher, advanced level

Origin of Advanced

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.

Other words from Advanced

well-ad·vanced , adjective
ad·vanc·ing·ly , adverb
o·ver·ad·vance , verb, o·ver·ad·vanced, o·ver·ad·vanc·ing, noun
un·ad·vanc·ing , adjective

Word origin for Advanced

C15: advauncen, altered (on the model of words beginning with Latin ad- ) from C13 avauncen, via Old French from Latin abante from before, from ab- away from + ante before

Synonyms for Advanced

leading, progressive, state-of-the-art, forward, avant-garde, breakthrough, cutting-edge, excellent, exceptional, extreme, first, foremost, higher, late, leading-edge, liberal, precocious, radical, unconventional