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    [Noun]  | "ad*vance*ment" | \ əd-ˈvan(t)-smənt \


    1: the action of advancing : the state of being advanced:

    2: promotion or elevation to a higher rank or position

    3: progression to a higher stage of development


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Alteration (after {see: |advance:1|advance:1}) of Middle English avauncement, borrowed from Anglo-French avancement, from avancer "to {see: |advance:1|advance:1}" + -ment {see: |-ment|-ment};

    [Noun]  | "self-ad*vance*ment" | \ ˌself-əd-ˈvan(t)-smənt \


    1: the act of advancing oneself


    Origin: 1645 ;

    [Noun]  | "advancements" 


    1: a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position;


      * e.g., " ... the young man's rapid advancement in the company came as no surprise to those who knew he was the president's nephew "





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


      * e.g., " ... science has made huge advancements in the field of genetics in recent years "





    3: forward movement in time or place;


      * e.g., " ... wondered why we hadn't made any advancement in the long checkout line for at least 10 minutes "





    [Noun]  | "advancement" 


    1: a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position;


      * e.g., " ... the young man's rapid advancement in the company came as no surprise to those who knew he was the president's nephew "





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


      * e.g., " ... science has made huge advancements in the field of genetics in recent years "





    3: forward movement in time or place;


      * e.g., " ... wondered why we hadn't made any advancement in the long checkout line for at least 10 minutes "





     [ "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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