advance

== English == === Alternative forms === advaunce (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈvɑːns/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ədˈvæns/, [ədˈvɛəns], [ədˈvɛənts] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ədˈvɐːns/ Rhymes: -ɑːns, -æns === Verb === advance (third-person singular simple present advances, present participle advancing, simple past and past participle advanced) To promote or advantage. To help the progress of (something); to further. [from 12th c.] To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.] Synonyms: elevate, exalt, raise; see also Thesaurus:aggrandize To move forward in space or time. To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully. [from 14th c.] To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. [form 15th c.] Synonym: accelerate (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach. [from 16th c.] 1829, Marchioness of Lemington, Rosina, or the Virtuous Country Maid, Ninth ed.: I advanced towards him step by step, stopping sometimes for fear of waking him. To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. [from 16th c.] To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: adduce, allege (intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed. [from 16th c.] (intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion. [from 16th c.] To raise, be raised. (transitive, now archaic) To raise; to lift or elevate. [from 14th c.] Synonym: heighten To raise or increase (a price, rate). [from 14th c.] To increase (a number or amount). [from 16th c.] (intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction. [from 18th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== improve, assign ==== Antonyms ==== regress retract (in phonetics) retreat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === advance (plural advances) A forward move; improvement or progression. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement. An addition to the price; rise in price or value. (often in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “forward move”): regress, regression ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === advance (comparative more advance, superlative most advance) Completed before necessary or a milestone event. Preceding. Forward. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====