advance

advance is a 7-letter English word with 38 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, adjective, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 38 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
2. transitive verb. To raise; to elevate.
3. transitive verb. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
4. transitive verb. 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.
5. transitive verb. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.
6. transitive verb. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
7. transitive verb. 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.
8. transitive verb. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.
9. transitive verb. To extol; to laud.
10. intransitive verb. To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.
11. intransitive verb. To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.
12. intransitive verb. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.
13. verb. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.
14. verb. Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.
15. verb. An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.
16. verb. 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.
17. verb. 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.
18. adjective. 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.
19. noun. the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

    Synonyms: advancement, procession, progress, progression

20. noun. increase in price or value

    "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"

    Synonyms: rise

21. noun. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

    "she rejected his advances"

    Synonyms: approach, feeler, overture

22. noun. a change for the better; progress in development

    Synonyms: betterment, improvement

23. noun. a movement forward

    "he listened for the progress of the troops"

    Synonyms: progress, progression

24. noun. an amount paid before it is earned
25. verb. rise in rate or price

    "The stock market gained 24 points today"

    Synonyms: gain

26. verb. develop in a positive way

    "He progressed well in school"

    "My plants are coming along"

    Synonyms: progress

27. verb. increase or raise

    "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"

    Synonyms: boost, supercharge

28. verb. develop further

    "We are advancing technology every day"

29. verb. bring forward for consideration or acceptance

    "advance an argument"

30. verb. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

    "The home team was gaining ground"

    "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

    Synonyms: gain, win

31. verb. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

    "Time marches on"

    Synonyms: progress

32. verb. cause to move forward

    "Can you move the car seat forward?"

33. verb. move forward

    "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"

34. verb. pay in advance

    "Can you advance me some money?"

35. verb. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

    "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"

    "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"

    Synonyms: elevate, promote, raise, upgrade

36. verb. contribute to the progress or growth of

    "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

    Synonyms: boost, encourage, further, promote

37. adjective. situated ahead or going before

    "an advance party"

    "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"

    Synonyms: advanced

38. adjective. being ahead of time or need

    "gave advance warning"

    "was beforehand with her report"

    Synonyms: beforehand

Synonyms

advancement, procession, progress, progression, rise, approach, feeler, overture, betterment, improvement, gain, boost, supercharge, win, elevate, promote, raise, upgrade, encourage, further, advanced, beforehand

Common word forms

advanced, advancer, advances, advancing, advanceable, advancement

Words from these letters

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