To bring forward in place; move further in front.To forward in time; accelerate: as, to advance the growth of plants.To improve or make better; benefit; promote the good of: as, to advance one's true interests.To promote; raise to a higher rank: as, to advance one from the bar to the bench.To raise; enhance: as, to advance the price of goods.To offer or propose; bring to view or notice, as something one is prepared to abide by; allege; adduce; bring forward: as, to advance an opinion or an argument.In com., to supply beforehand; furnish on credit, or before goods are delivered or work is done, or furnish as part of a stock or fund; supply or pay in expectation of reimbursement: as, to advance money on loan or contract, or toward a purchase or an establishment.To raise; lift up; elevate.To put forth or exhibit with a view to display.. To commend; extol; vaunt.To impel; incite.Synonyms To elevate, exalt, prefer, aggrandize, dignify.To increase, augment.Adduce, Allege, Assign (see adduce); propound, bring forward, lay down.To move or go forward; proceed: as, the troops advanced.To improve or make progress; grow, etc.: as, to advance in knowledge, stature, wisdom, rank, office, dignity, or age.To increase in quantity, price, etc.: as, the stock advanced three points.n. A moving forward or toward the front; a forward course; progress in space: as, our advance was impeded by obstructions.n. Milit., the order or signal to advance: as, the advance was sounded.n. A step forward; actual progress in any course of action: often in the plural: as, an advance in religion or knowledge; civilization has made great advances in this century.n. An act of approach; an effort for approximation or agreement; anything done to bring about accord or any relation with another or others: with to before the person and toward before the object or purpose: as, A made an advance or advances to B, or toward acquaintance with B.n. A forward position; place in front, at the head, or in the lead: as, his regiment took the advance in the march. The state of being forward or in front; a being or going at the head or in the lead: chiefly in the phrase in advance: as, the groom rode in advance of the carriage; he is far in advance of the other pupils.n. He who or that which is at the head or in the lead; the foremost or forward part; especially, the leading body of an army.n. In schools, a lesson not previously learned: opposed to review.n. Advancement; promotion; preferment: as, an advance in rank or office.n. An offer or tender.n. In com.: Addition to price; rise in price: as, an advance on the prime cost of goods; there is an advance on cottons.n. A giving before-hand; a furnishing of something before an equivalent is received, as money or goods, toward a capital or stock, or on loan, or in expectation of being reimbursed in some way: as, A made large advances to B.n. The money or goods thus furnished.n. In naval tactics, the distance made by a ship under way, in the direction of her course, after the helm has been put to one side and kept there: opposed to transfer, the distance made at right angles to the original course of the vessel before the helm was put over.n. Beforehand; before an equivalent is received: as, to pay rent in advance.n. In the state or condition of having made an advance: as, A is in advance to B a thousand dollars. Synonyms Advancement, Proficiency, etc. See progress, n.n. The angular interval in excess of 90° which the center-line of an engine-eccentric makes with the center-line of the engine-crank.n. In fencing, a quick move of the right foot a few inches forward, followed instantly by the left foot, but so that the fencer keeps his equilibrium and is ready for parry, or the forward lunge of the right foot.
