advance

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move forward, or to make progress in a positive way.

   Her research helped advance our understanding of the disease.

2. 2
   verb

   To suggest an idea or plan so that others can consider it.

   He advanced a convincing argument in favour of the change.

3. 3
   verb

   To increase or rise in amount, price, or value.

   Share prices advanced sharply after the announcement.

4. 4
   noun

   Progress or a forward movement in development or knowledge.

   Recent advances in technology have changed how we work.

5. 5
   noun

   An attempt to start a romantic or sexual relationship with someone.

   She politely rejected his advances.

Common collocations

• advance notice Adjective + noun

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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