advance

Meaning

Verb

1. To promote or advantage.
2. To promote or advantage.
3. To move forward in space or time.
4. To move forward in space or time.
5. (intransitive) To move forward in space or time.
6. To move forward in space or time.
7. To move forward in space or time.
8. (intransitive) To move forward in space or time.
9. (intransitive) To move forward in space or time.
10. (archaic, transitive) To raise, be raised.
11. To raise, be raised.
12. To raise, be raised.
13. (intransitive) To raise, be raised.

Noun

1. A forward move; improvement or progression.
2. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
3. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
4. (in-plural, often) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.

Adj

1. Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
2. Preceding.
3. Forward.

Synonyms

progress

promote

go forward

move forward

further

proceed

develop

make progress

increase

improve

forward

raise

progression

hasten

accelerate

advancement

loan

approach

boost

rise

gain

elevate

encourage

assist

improvement

development

forward movement

go ahead

speed up

offer

come on

prepayment

suggest

upgrade

grow

go

lend

propose

deposit

bring forward

enter

beforehand

go on

get on

drive

attack

👊

come up

put forward

march

headway

Translations

avancer

avanzare

avance

adelantar

avanzar

progresser

progrès

fortschreiten

vorrücken

vorangehen

avance

adiantar

befördern

Fortschritt

avanço

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ədˈvɑːns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: avauncen

Cognate with Latin: ad-

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Italic *ap
Latin ab
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Proto-Italic *anti
Latin ante
Late Latin ab ante
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Vulgar Latin *abanteāre
Old French avancierbor.
Middle English avauncen
English advance
From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt.