'Advance' definitions:
Definition of 'advance'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report" [syn: advance(a), beforehand(p)]
adjective
Situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" [syn: advance(a), advanced(a), in advance(p)]
noun
A movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" [syn: progress, progression, advance]
noun
A change for the better; progress in development [syn: improvement, betterment, advance]
noun
A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture, advance, approach, feeler]
noun
The act of moving forward (as toward a goal) [syn: progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion] [ant: retreat]
noun
An amount paid before it is earned [syn: advance, cash advance]
noun
Increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market" [syn: advance, rise]
verb
Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" [syn: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on] [ant: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw]
verb
Bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument" [syn: advance, throw out]
verb
Increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit" [syn: boost, advance, supercharge]
verb
Contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: promote, advance, boost, further, encourage]
verb
Cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?" [syn: advance, bring forward] [ant: back]
verb
Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground] [ant: drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede]
verb
Develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde, retrogress]
verb
Develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"
verb
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate]
verb
Pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?"
verb
Move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward" [syn: advance, set ahead]
verb
Rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" [syn: advance, gain]
Synonyms of 'advance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abet,
- accelerate,
- access,
- accession,
- accommodate with,
- accommodation,
- accomplishment,
- accost,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accrue,
- accruement,
- acculturate,
- accumulate,
- accumulation,
- achieve success,
- act for,
- addition,
- adduce,
- advance,
- advance against,
- advance upon,
- advancement,
- advancing,
- advantage,
- advent,
- afflux,
- affluxion,
- aggrandize,
- aggrandizement,
- ahead of time,
- aid,
- air,
- allege,
- ameliorate,
- amelioration,
- amend,
- amendment,
- amplification,
- anabasis,
- angular motion,
- answer,
- appreciate,
- appreciation,
- approach,
- approaching,
- appropinquate,
- appropinquation,
- approximate,
- approximation,
- appulse,
- array,
- arrive,
- ascend,
- ascending,
- ascent,
- asking price,
- assert,
- assist,
- augmentation,
- avail,
- axial motion,
- back,
- back up,
- backflowing,
- backing,
- backward motion,
- balloon,
- ballooning,
- be a success,
- be instrumental,
- be right,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear fruit,
- bear up,
- befit,
- befitting,
- before,
- beforehand,
- benefit,
- better,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- beyond,
- bid,
- bloat,
- bloating,
- bloom,
- blossom,
- blossoming,
- boom,
- boost,
- bowl,
- break bounds,
- break no bones,
- break through,
- breakthrough,
- breed,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring on,
- bring to bear,
- bring up,
- broach,
- broaden,
- broadening,
- Brownian movement,
- budge,
- buildup,
- bunt,
- butt,
- call loan,
- call money,
- career,
- change,
- change place,
- circle,
- cite,
- civilize,
- climb,
- climbing,
- close,
- close in,
- close with,
- collateral loan,
- come,
- come along,
- come closer,
- come forward,
- come near,
- come on,
- come through,
- come up,
- coming,
- coming near,
- coming toward,
- commend to attention,
- conduce to,
- confront,
- continue,
- contribute to,
- counterattack,
- course,
- cover ground,
- crescendo,
- current,
- cut a swath,
- decide,
- demand loan,
- deploy,
- deposit,
- descend,
- descending,
- descent,
- determine,
- develop,
- development,
- developmental change,
- do good,
- do no harm,
- do the trick,
- do well,
- downward motion,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- drift,
- driftage,
- drive,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- edema,
- edify,
- educate,
- elaboration,
- elapse,
- elevate,
- elevation,
- emend,
- encounter,
- encourage,
- encroach,
- endure,
- enhance,
- enhancement,
- enjoy prosperity,
- enlargement,
- enlighten,
- ennoble,
- ennoblement,
- enrich,
- enrichment,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- evolute,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolve,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- exalt,
- exaltation,
- expansion,
- expedite,
- expediting,
- expedition,
- expire,
- explication,
- expose,
- extension,
- external loan,
- facilitate,
- facilitation,
- farewell,
- fatten,
- favor,
- feeler,
- fill the bill,
- fit,
- flank,
- flight,
- flit,
- float a loan,
- flood,
- flow,
- flow on,
- flower,
- flowering,
- flowing toward,
- flux,
- fly,
- foreign loan,
- forge ahead,
- forthcoming,
- forward,
- forward motion,
- forwardal,
- forwarding,
- foster,
- further,
- furtherance,
- furthering,
- gain,
- gain ground,
- gain strength,
- gain upon,
- gas,
- gather head,
- gather way,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get on,
- get on swimmingly,
- get on well,
- get over,
- get there,
- glide,
- glorify,
- go,
- go ahead,
- go along,
- go around,
- go between,
- go by,
- go far,
- go fast,
- go forward,
- go on,
- go places,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- go straight,
- go too far,
- go up,
- go well,
- go-ahead,
- gradual change,
- graduate,
- graduation,
- Great Leap Forward,
- greatening,
- grow,
- grow better,
- growth,
- gush,
- gyrate,
- hasten,
- have it made,
- headway,
- heighten,
- help,
- helping along,
- hike,
- imminence,
- immortalize,
- impel,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- improvement,
- in advance,
- in front of,
- increase,
- increment,
- infiltrate,
- inflation,
- influence,
- infringe,
- intensify,
- introduce,
- intrude,
- invade,
- invitation,
- irrupt,
- jump,
- kick upstairs,
- knight,
- knighting,
- know no bounds,
- lapse,
- lard,
- last,
- launch,
- launch an attack,
- lay,
- lay before,
- lay down,
- lead to,
- leap,
- lease-lend,
- lend,
- lend wings to,
- lend-lease,
- lending,
- lending at interest,
- lift,
- loan,
- loan-shark,
- loan-sharking,
- loaning,
- long-term loan,
- look up,
- magnify,
- make a breakthrough,
- make a motion,
- make a success,
- make an improvement,
- make an inroad,
- make for,
- make good,
- make good time,
- make head against,
- make headway,
- make it,
- make progress,
- make progress against,
- make strides,
- make the scene,
- make up leeway,
- march,
- march against,
- march upon,
- marshal,
- maturate,
- maturation,
- mature,
- mediate,
- meliorate,
- melioration,
- mellow,
- mend,
- mending,
- minister to,
- moneylending,
- moot,
- mount,
- mount an attack,
- mounting,
- move,
- move forward,
- move over,
- multiplication,
- multiply,
- narrow the gap,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- near,
- nearing,
- nearness,
- negotiate a loan,
- nonviolent change,
- not come amiss,
- nurture,
- oblique motion,
- offer,
- offer a resolution,
- offering,
- oncoming,
- ongoing,
- onrush,
- onward course,
- open an offensive,
- open up,
- overstep,
- overstep the bounds,
- overture,
- pass,
- pass along,
- pass by,
- pass on,
- passage,
- passing,
- pay raise,
- pedal,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- pickup,
- plead,
- plunge,
- plunging,
- pole,
- policy loan,
- pose,
- posit,
- postulate,
- predicate,
- prefer,
- preferential treatment,
- preferment,
- preliminary approach,
- prepay,
- prepayment,
- present,
- presentation,
- press on,
- proceed,
- produce,
- productiveness,
- proffer,
- proficiency,
- profit,
- progress,
- progression,
- progressiveness,
- proliferate,
- proliferation,
- promote,
- promotion,
- propel,
- propose,
- proposition,
- propound,
- prosper,
- proximate,
- proximation,
- push,
- push forward,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- put it to,
- quicken,
- radial motion,
- raise,
- rally,
- random motion,
- recommend,
- recovery,
- redound to,
- refine upon,
- reflowing,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- reform,
- regress,
- regression,
- restoration,
- retrogress,
- retrogression,
- revival,
- ripen,
- ripening,
- rise,
- rising,
- roll,
- roll on,
- rolling,
- rolling on,
- rotate,
- row,
- run,
- run its course,
- run on,
- run out,
- run up,
- rush,
- rushing,
- secured loan,
- serve,
- set,
- set before,
- set forth,
- set forward,
- shape up,
- shift,
- shoot up,
- short-term loan,
- shove,
- show improvement,
- shunt,
- shylocking,
- sideward motion,
- sidle up to,
- sink,
- sinking,
- skyrocket,
- slide,
- slip,
- snowball,
- snowballing,
- soar,
- soaring,
- socialize,
- special treatment,
- speed,
- speeding,
- spin,
- spread,
- start,
- stem,
- step forward,
- step up,
- sternway,
- stir,
- straighten out,
- stream,
- strengthen,
- strike,
- submission,
- submit,
- subserve,
- subside,
- subsiding,
- succeed,
- suggest,
- suit the occasion,
- surge,
- sweep,
- sweep along,
- swell,
- swelling,
- take off,
- tentative approach,
- thrust,
- time loan,
- traject,
- trajet,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- transgress,
- travel,
- treadle,
- trend,
- trespass,
- troll,
- trundle,
- tumescence,
- turn out well,
- turn the scale,
- unsecured loan,
- up,
- upbeat,
- upgrade,
- upgrading,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- upward mobility,
- upward motion,
- usurp,
- usury,
- Wall Street loan,
- wane,
- wax,
- waxing,
- way,
- whirl,
- widen,
- widening,
- work
Advance, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Advance, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000) :
562
Housing Units (2000) :
190
Land area (2000) :
0.625345 sq. miles (1.619637 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.625345 sq. miles (1.619637 sq. km)
FIPS code :
00640
Located within :
Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location :
39.996577 N, 86.619289 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Advance, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Advance, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000) :
1244
Housing Units (2000) :
593
Land area (2000) :
0.870651 sq. miles (2.254976 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.870651 sq. miles (2.254976 sq. km)
FIPS code :
00262
Located within :
Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location :
37.104227 N, 89.911575 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
63730
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Advance'
- Advance, IN,
- advanced,
- advancement,
- advancer,
- advancing,
- in advance,
- Advance, MO,
- Advanced guard,
- Advancing edge,
- advance guard,
- annuity in advance,
- cash advance,
- film advance,
- make advances,
- patterned advance,
- spark advance,
- advance death benefit,
- advanced research and development activity,
- association for the advancement of retired persons,
- cooper union for the advancement of science and art,
- defense advanced research projects agency