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    [Verb]  | "ad*vance" | \ əd-ˈvan(t)s \


    1: to accelerate the growth or progress of

    2: to bring or move forward

    3: to raise to a higher rank

    Origin: 1538 ;

     Middle English advauncen, alteration (with initial a- taken as assimilated form of Latin ad- {see: |ad-|ad-}) of avauncen, borrowed from Anglo-French avancer, going back to Vulgar Latin *abantiāre, verbal derivative of Latin abante "before, in front," from ab- {see: |ab-|ab-} + ante "before" {mat|ante-|};

    [Noun]  | "advance" 


    1: a moving forward

    2: progress in development

    3: a progressive step : improvement

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Derivative of {see: |advance:1|advance:1} (or borrowed from French avance, going back to Middle French, noun derivative of avancer);

    [Noun]  | "advance directive" 


    1: a legal document (such as a living will) signed by a competent person to provide guidance for medical and health care decisions (such as the termination of life support or organ donation) in the event the person becomes incompetent to make such decisions

    Origin: 1979 ;

    [Noun]  | "advance man" 


    1: an employee who makes arrangements and handles publicity in advance of an appearance or engagement by the employer (such as a political candidate or a circus)

    Origin: 1882 ;

    [Adjective]  | "advance" 


    1: made, sent, or furnished ahead of time

    2: going or situated before

    Origin: 1701 ;

     Derivative of {see: |advance:2|advance:2};

    [Idiom]  | "advance on" 


    1: to approach usually in order to attack

    [Adjective]  | "advance" 


    [Verb]  | "advance" 


    1: to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned;


      * e.g., " ... advanced her some cash with the understanding that the amount would be deducted from her first paycheck "




    2: to help the growth or development of;


      * e.g., " ... great thinkers who did much to advance modern science "




    3: to move forward along a course;


      * e.g., " ... as the technology advances, electronic devices keep getting smaller and smarter "




    [Noun]  | "advance" 


    1: forward movement in time or place;


      * e.g., " ... during her long convalescence, the housebound woman was barely aware of the advance of the seasons "




    2: an instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill;


      * e.g., " ... under her new teacher, the aspiring violinist has made noticeable advances in her technique in just a few weeks "




    [Phrase]  | "in advance" 


    1: so as to precede something in order of time;


      * e.g., " ... The cooks prepared their ingredients in advance. "




    [Phrase]  | "in advance of" 


    1: earlier than;


      * e.g., " ... We booked our flight several months in advance of the trip. "




    2: preceding in space;


      * e.g., " ... We ran to catch up to the group that was walking in advance of us. "




     [ "advance" ]

    1: Promotion or preview copy of an cd,album. Mostly all the cd's leaked over the net are advances, which are sometimes incomplete. Which is fucking annoying since nobody will get off their ass to rip the retail. Buy the cd anyways.

      * e.g.,  ... I download an advanced version of a bands new album, and it doesnt come out till 2 months! 

     [ "Advance" ]

    1: is a word generally means thinking ahead of time.

      * e.g.,  ... Dahil advance ako magisip, break na kami kahit hindi pa kami 

     [ "Advanced" ]

    1: Being very high off weed.

      * e.g.,  ... Damn...I'm advanced as hell. That shit blasted me off to the year 3000. 

     [ "Advancement" ]

    1: Advancement is a cultural/philosophical condition condition in which a true genius (an "Advanced Individual") creates piece of art that only other Advanced Individuals are capable of appreciating. As a necessary corrolary, the Non-Advanced will perceive the artistric product as bad. That which is Advanced cannot, under any circumstances, be intended as irony. Advancement (and all derviative word forms) must always, always be capitalized. This is highly Advanced English.

      * e.g.,  ... Lou Reed; Evan Dando; David Byrne's cover of Whitney Houston's "I Want to Dance With Somebody"; Boy Meets World. 

     [ "Advancement" ]

    2: Coined by cultural theorist Chuck Klosterman.

      * e.g.,  ... The Key to Advancement is that Advanced artists neither (a) do what is expected of them; or (b) do the opposite of what is expected of them. 

     [ "Advanced" ]

    1: Part of the sixth season of Pokémon, an popular anime, where Ash, also known as Satoshi in the Japanese version, travels to Hoenn to go on in his journey to become a Pokemon master. On his way, he meets May, an aspiring Pokémon trainer who only wants to travel around the world and they are also accompanied by Max, May's younger brother and the return of Brock.

      * e.g.,  ... "The sixth season of Pokemon: Advanced is such a better idea of the show than the originals!" 

     [ "advancer" ]

    1: an extremely shiity pencil that has self-advancing lead, but is not refillable... piece of shit... often used to trade at MJHS

      * e.g.,  ... Hey, ill give you 18 advancers for that pack of gum. 

     [ "Spectralert Advance" ]

    1: The one kid in front row at the movies who screeches and cries throughout the entire film and never gets reprimanded or kicked out. -idontwannaknow

      * e.g.,  ... Travis is such a SpectrAlert Advance when he doesn't get his way, he almost broke the windows 

     [ "Yung Advance" ]

    1: 15 year old Artist from New Jersey with over 100k streams.

      * e.g.,  ... Yung Advance is an upcoming artist that dropped his new single ''Top'' 

     [ "Gameboy Advance" ]

    1: AKA : the triumphant return of the Super Nintendo!

      * e.g.,  ... "The GBA is 32-bit, but the games remind me of the glorious ol' days of the Super Nintendo....^_^ ^_^ ^_^ " 

     [ "Advanced boring" ]

    1: probably the conference call you're on right now

      * e.g.,  ... Holy shit this meeting with the Bob's is advanced boring 

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