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Definitions of advance:

noun: increase in price or value
Example: "The news caused a general advance on the stock market"
noun: an amount paid before it is earned
noun: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
Example: "She rejected his advances"
noun: a change for the better; progress in development
noun: a movement forward
noun: the act of moving forward toward a goal
verb: pay in advance
Example: "Can you advance me some money?"
verb: develop further
verb: bring forward for consideration or acceptance
Example: "Advance an argument"
verb: rise in rate or price
verb: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
verb: cause to move forward
verb: move forward
Example: "We have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"
verb: contribute to the progress or growth of
verb: increase or raise
verb: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
verb: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Example: "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"
verb: develop in a positive way

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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to advance: (333 results)
Synonyms:
advanced, advancement, approach, beforehand, betterment, boost, bring forward, cash advance, come along, come on, elevate, encourage, feeler, forward motion, further, gain, gain ground, get ahead, get along, get on, go on, improvement, in advance, kick upstairs, make headway, march on, move on, onward motion, overture, pass on, progress, progression, promote, raise, rise, set ahead, shape up, throw out, upgrade, win

More general:
advise, ameliorate, amend, amount, amount of money, assign, back up, better, change of location, climb, delegate, depute, designate, develop, displace, go, go up, improve, increase, lend, loan, locomote, meliorate, motion, move, movement, proffer, propose, proposition, set, shift, step-up, suggest, suggestion, sum, sum of money, support, transformation, transmutation, travel

More specific:
accommodation, adjustment, brevet, bring up, career, carry, clear sailing, close in, come near, conduce, connive at, conservation, contribute, creep up, draw in, draw near, easy going, edge, elaboration, elapse, encroach, ennoble, entitle, favor, favour, feed, fitting, forge, foster, gentle, glide by, go along, go by, head, headway, help, impinge, inch, infringe, lapse, lead, leapfrog, life history, march, near, nose, overhaul, overtake, pass, plain sailing, plough on, prefer, preservation, press on, push, push on, queen, rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down, recovery, refinement, resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification, slide by, slip away, slip by, sneak up, spot promote, spur, steal, string, string along, tenure, wink at

Often used in the same context:
advances, advancing, escalate, insight, paradigm

Appears in the definition of:
., abduce, accidentally, act on, adduce, ad lib, ad-lib, ad libitum, adumbration, afield, aforethoughtip, ahead, american football, american football game, annuity in advance, anticipate, appointment, arranged, ball carrier, bank discount, barricade, base on balls, book, bookable, booked, bull, bye, calculate, calculated, call, circumstantially, cite, consideration, counter, counterattack, countermove, court, cultural movement, date, deliberate, discount, discount rate, down, dribbler, end run, engaged, engagement, fatalism, fix, fixed, follow up on, forearm, forebode, forecast, foreordination, foresee, foreshadowing, foresight, forestall, foretell, forethought, forewarn, gear up, givena, goal, hold, impromptu, indeterminate, institute, leading, measured, monopoly, mount, noteworthy, notice, offside, paid-up, passed ball, patterned advance, planned, plotted, postpaid, prearrangement, precaution, precautional, precautionary, precooled, predestination, predeterminaation, predetermination, predetermined, predict, predisposition, preemption, pre-emption, prefiguration, prejudice, premeditate, premeditation, preoccupy, preordination, prepaid, preparation, prepare, prepayment, prepossess, prerequisite, presentation, preset, preview, previse, prevision, prognosticate, prolepsis, promise, prospicience, pursue, quantum jump, quantum leap, reading, ready, readying, recital, recitation, requirement, reservation, reserve, resistance, retainer, retaining wall, running back, rush, rushing, seat, set-asidep, set up, show trial, sold-out, spontaneous, spontaneously, stick-on, stiffening, sweep, time deposit, tv dinner, unbooked, undetermined, unexpectedly, unpredictable, unpremeditated, unwritten, walk, warn, wax, wild pitch

Antonyms:
back, break, bump, demote, drop off, fall back, fall behind, kick downstairs, lose, recede, regress, relegate, retire, retrograde, retrogress

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