Meanings
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1
verb
To move forward, or to make progress in a positive way.
Her research helped advance our understanding of the disease.
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2
verb
To suggest an idea or plan so that others can consider it.
He advanced a convincing argument in favour of the change.
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3
verb
To increase or rise in amount, price, or value.
Share prices advanced sharply after the announcement.
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4
noun
Progress or a forward movement in development or knowledge.
Recent advances in technology have changed how we work.
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5
noun
An attempt to start a romantic or sexual relationship with someone.
She politely rejected his advances.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-o 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 *abanteār…
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