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Adjective advanced has 8 senses
  1. advanced - farther along in physical or mental development; "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"; "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average"
    Antonym:
    retarded (indirect, via precocious)
  2. advanced - comparatively late in a course of development; "the illness had reached an advanced stage"; "an advanced state of exhaustion"
    Antonym:
    early (indirect, via late)
  3. advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern - ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
    Antonym: regressive (indirect, via progressive)
  4. advanced - at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"
    Antonym:
    low (indirect, via high)
  5. advanced, sophisticated - ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
    Antonym: low-tech (indirect, via high-tech)
  6. advanced, ripe - far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"
    Antonym: early (indirect, via middle, late)
    Antonym: middle (indirect, via late, early)
  7. advanced - (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically"
    Antonyms:
    noncivilized, noncivilised (indirect, via civilized)
  8. advance, advanced, in advance - situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"
    Antonym: back (indirect, via front)
Verb advance has 12 senses
  1. advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
    --1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Antonyms: recede, fall back, retire
    Derived forms: noun advancement2, noun advance1, noun advance4, noun advancer1
    Sample sentence:
    The water advances
  2. advance, throw out - bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
    --2 is one way to propose, suggest, advise
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. boost, advance, supercharge - increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
    --3 is one way to increase
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. promote, advance, boost, further, encourage - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
    --4 is one way to support, back up
    Derived form: noun advance2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  5. advance, bring forward - cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?"
    --5 is one way to move, displace
    Antonyms: back
    Derived form: noun advancement2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  6. gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground - 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"
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  7. progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
    --7 is one way to develop
    Derived forms: noun advance2, noun advance4
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  8. advance - develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"
    --8 is one way to
    better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
    Derived forms: noun advancement3, noun advancement2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  9. promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate - 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"
    --9 is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign
    Derived form: noun advancement1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  10. advance - pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?"
    --10 is one way to
    lend, loan
    Derived form: noun advance5
    Sample sentences:
    They advance the money to them
    They advance them the money
  11. advance, set ahead - move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"
    --11 is one way to set
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  12. advance, gain - rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"
    --12 is one way to wax, mount, climb, rise
    Derived form: noun advance6
    Sample sentence:
    The stock market is going to advance
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