Definition of Advance

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Advance

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

To raise; to elevate.

To raise to a higher rank; to promote.

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.

To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.

To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.

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.

To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.

To extol; to laud.

To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.

To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.

To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.

The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.

Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.

An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.

The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural.

A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.

Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.

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Advance Quotations

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
Albert Einstein

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
Winston Churchill

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
Kahlil Gibran

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
Helen Keller

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.
Jim Rohn

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
Will Rogers

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.
Henry Ford

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
Walt Whitman

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
Brian Tracy

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
Joseph Stalin

Advance Translations

advance in Afrikaans is naderkom
advance in Dutch is gaan naar, aanpakken, genaken, naderen
advance in German is Fortschritt, fortschreiten
advance in Italian is anticipo, avanzare, avvicinarse, avanzamento
advance in Latin is progressus, prodeo, progressio, progredior
advance in Spanish is avance, adelanto, acercarse

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