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Words with a similar base: advanced

'advanced'

[advance.v.01] as in: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

Examples:
Time marches on

'advanced'

[advance.v.02] as in: bring forward for consideration or acceptance

Examples:
advance an argument

'advanced'

[boost.v.04] as in: increase or raise

Examples:
boost the voltage in an electrical circuit

'advanced'

[promote.v.01] as in: contribute to the progress or growth of

Examples:
I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom

'advanced'

[advance.v.05] as in: cause to move forward

Examples:
Can you move the car seat forward?

'advanced'

[gain.v.05] as in: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

Examples:
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

'advanced'

[progress.v.01] as in: develop in a positive way

Examples:
He progressed well in school
My plants are coming along
Plans are shaping up

'advanced'

[advance.v.08] as in: develop further

Examples:
We are advancing technology every day

'advanced'

[promote.v.02] as in: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

Examples:
John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
I got promoted after many years of hard work

'advanced'

[advance.v.10] as in: pay in advance

Examples:
Can you advance me some money?

'advanced'

[advance.v.11] as in: move forward

Examples:
we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward

'advanced'

[advance.v.12] as in: rise in rate or price

Examples:
The stock market gained 24 points today

'advanced'

[advanced.s.01] as in: farther along in physical or mental development

Examples:
the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'
children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average

'advanced'

[advanced.s.02] as in: comparatively late in a course of development

Examples:
the illness had reached an advanced stage
an advanced state of exhaustion

'advanced'

[advanced.s.03] as in: ahead of the times

Examples:
the advanced teaching methods
had advanced views on the subject
a forward-looking corporation
is British industry innovative enough?

'advanced'

[advanced.s.04] as in: at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill

Examples:
an advanced degree
an advanced text in physics
special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University

'advanced'

[advanced.s.05] as in: ahead in development; complex or intricate

Examples:
advanced technology
a sophisticated electronic control system

'advanced'

[advanced.s.06] as in: far along in time

Examples:
a man of advanced age
advanced in years
a ripe old age
the ripe age of 90

'advanced'

[advanced.s.07] as in: (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry

Examples:
advanced societies
an advanced country technologically

'advanced'

[advance.s.02] as in: situated ahead or going before

Examples:
an advance party
at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies

Origins

					advanced (English)
├── -ed (English)
│   └── -od (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── advance (English)
    └── avancer (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── abante (Latin)
            └── ''[[ab]] [[ante]]'' (Latin)