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English Dictionary: Advanced by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Advanced
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
advanced
adj
  1. 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"
  2. comparatively late in a course of development; "the illness had reached an advanced stage"; "an advanced state of exhaustion"
  3. ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
    Synonym(s): advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern
  4. 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"
  5. ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
    Synonym(s): advanced, sophisticated
  6. far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"
    Synonym(s): advanced, ripe
  7. (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically"
  8. situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"
    Synonym(s): advance(a), advanced(a), in advance(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Advance \Ad*vance"\, v. 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.      --Shak.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Advanced \Ad*vanced"\, a.
      1. In the van or front.
  
      2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or
            ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.
  
      3. Far on in life or time.
  
                     A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard
                     experience written in his wrinkles.   --Hawthorne.
  
      {Advanced guard}, a detachment of troops which precedes the
            march of the main body.
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