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Webster 1913 Edition

Advance

Ad-vance′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Advanced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Advancing
(#).]
[OE.
avancen
,
avauncen
, F.
avancer
, fr. a supposed LL.
abantiare
;
ab
+
ante
(F.
avant
) before. The spelling with d was a mistake,
a-
being supposed to be fr. L.
ad
. See
Avaunt
.]
1.
To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
2.
To raise; to elevate.
[Archaic]
They . . .
advanced
their eyelids.
Shakespeare
3.
To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
Ahasueres . . .
advanced
him, and set his seat above all the princes.
Esther iii. 1.
4.
To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten;
as, to
advance
the ripening of fruit; to
advance
one’s interests.
5.
To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show;
as, to
advance
an argument
.
Some ne'er
advance
a judgment of their own.
Pope.
6.
To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
7.
To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand;
as, a merchant
advances
money on a contract or on goods consigned to him
.
8.
To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate;
as, to
advance
the price of goods
.
9.
To extol; to laud.
[Obs.]
Greatly
advancing
his gay chivalry.
Spenser.
Syn. – To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.

Ad-vance′

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To move or go forward; to proceed;
as, he
advanced
to greet me
.
2.
To increase or make progress in any respect;
as, to
advance
in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price
.
3.
To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.
Advanced
to a level with ancient peers.
Prescott.

Ad-vance′

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
avance
, fr.
avancer
. See
Advance
,
Verb.
]
1.
The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.
2.
Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially;
as, an
advance
in health, knowledge, or religion; an
advance
in rank or office.
3.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value;
as, an
advance
on the prime cost of goods
.
4.
The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; – usually in the plural.
[He] made the like
advances
to the dissenters.
Swift.
5.
A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.
I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary
advances
.
Jay.
The account was made up with intent to show what
advances
had been made.
Kent.
In advance
(a)
In front; before.
(b)
Beforehand; before an equivalent is received.
(c)
In the state of having advanced money on account; as, A is in advance to B a thousand dollars or pounds.

Ad-vance′

,
Adj.
Before in place, or beforehand in time; – used for advanced;
as, an
advance
guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;
advance
payment, or that made before it is due;
advance
proofs,
advance
sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.

Webster 1828 Edition

Advance

ADV'ANCE

,
Verb.
T.
adv'ans. [Heb. surface, face; whence.]
1.
To bring forward; to move further in front. Hence,
2.
To promote; to raise to a higher rank; as, to advance one from the bar to the bench.
3.
To improve or make better, which is considered as a progression or moving forward; as, to advance one's true interests.
4.
To forward; to accelerate growth; as, to advance the growth of plants.
5.
To offer or propose; to bring to view or notice; as, to advance an opinion or an argument.
6.
In commerce, to supply beforehand; to furnish on credit, or before goods are delivered, or work done; or to furnish as a part of a stock or fund; as, to advance money on loan or contract, or towards a purchase or establishment.
7.
To furnish for others; to supply or pay for others, in expectation of reimbursement.
They advanced the money out of their own funds, and took the sheriff's deeds in their own name.
8.
To raise; to enhance; as, to advance the price of goods.

ADV'ANCE

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To move or go forward; to proceed; as, the troops advanced.
2.
To improve, or make progress; to grow better, greater, wiser or older; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in wisdom, or in years.
3.
To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred, or promoted; as, to advance in political standing.

Definition 2024

advance

advance

English

Alternative forms

Verb

advance ‎(third-person singular simple present advances, present participle advancing, simple past and past participle advanced)

  1. To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
  2. (obsolete) To raise; to elevate.
    They […] advanced their eyelids. — Shakespeare
  3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
    • Bible, Esther iii. 1
      Ahasueres […] advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes.
    • Prescott
      This, however, was in time evaded by the monarchs, who advanced certain of their own retainers to a level with the ancient peers of the land […]
  4. To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
    to advance the ripening of fruit
    to advance one's interests
  5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.
    to advance an argument
    • Alexander Pope
      Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own.
  6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
  7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.
    Merchants often advance money on a contract or on goods consigned to them.
  8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.
    to advance the price of goods
  9. (intransitive) To move forwards, to approach.
    He rose from his chair and advanced to greet me.
  10. (obsolete) To extol; to laud.
    • Spenser
      greatly advancing his gay chivalry

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

advance ‎(plural advances)

  1. A forward move; improvement or progression.
    an advance in health or knowledge
    an advance in rank or office
  2. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
    • Jay
      I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances.
    • Kent
      The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made.
  3. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
    an advance on the prime cost of goods
  4. (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
    • Jonathan Swift
      [He] made the like advances to the dissenters.
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, chapter 4:
      As the sun fell, so did our spirits. I had tried to make advances to the girl again; but she would have none of me, and so I was not only thirsty but otherwise sad and downhearted.

Translations

Adjective

advance ‎(comparative more advance, superlative most advance)

  1. Completed before need or a milestone event.
    He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.
  2. Preceding.
    The advance man came a month before the candidate.
  3. Forward.
    The scouts found a site for an advance base.

Derived terms

Etymology

From Middle English avauncen, avancen, from Old French avancer, avancier (French: avancer), from Vulgar Latin *abantiāre, from Late Latin abante, from ab + ante ‎(“before”). The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be from Latin ad. Avaunt is an earlier form of the same source-word.

Pronunciation

  • (Southern England) IPA(key): /ədˈvɑːns/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːns
  • (US, Northern England, Scotland) IPA(key): /ədˈvæns/
  • Rhymes: -æns

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