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The experience of having a wild monkey advance on you is pretty scary. The verb advance means "move forward purposefully."

When you move forward, you advance. You can advance a chess piece on a board, advance toward someone across a room, or observe an army as it advances into a country. Advance also means "make progress," as when you advance your knowledge of Spanish by traveling to Ecuador, or "to loan money," which a bank does by making an advance of a thousand dollars. Since the 1700s, to make advances has also meant to make romantic overtures or to flirt.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: advance

1	v n adj	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense a movement forward situated ahead or going before
2	n v adj	an amount paid before it is earned pay in advance being ahead of time or need
3	v n	contribute to the progress or growth of a change for the better; progress in development
4	v n	increase or raise increase in price or value

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: advance

v move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

Synonyms:: go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress

Antonyms:: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw
pull back or move away or backward; back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; show more antonyms...

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; forge
move ahead steadily; penetrate
make one's way deeper into or through; creep up, sneak up
advance stealthily or unnoticed; encroach, impinge, infringe
advance beyond the usual limit; plough on, press on, push on
continue moving forward; string, string along
move or come along; overhaul, overtake, pass
travel past; close in, draw in
advance or converge on; edge, inch
advance slowly, as if by inches; rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down
move by degrees in one direction only; elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by
pass by; get by
pass or move in front of; fell, fly, vanish
pass away rapidly; clear, top
pass by, over, or under without making contact

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

v cause to move forward

Synonyms:: bring forward

Antonyms:: back
cause to travel backward; back
travel backward; show more antonyms...

Types:: nose
advance the forward part of with caution

Type of:: displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

v move forward

“we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward”

Synonyms:: set ahead

Type of:: set
set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly

v bring forward for consideration or acceptance

“advance an argument”

Synonyms:: throw out

Type of:: advise, propose, suggest
make a proposal, declare a plan for something

n a movement forward

Synonyms:: progress, progression

Types:: head, headway
forward movement

Type of:: change of location, travel
a movement through space that changes the location of something

n the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

Synonyms:: advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression

Antonyms:: retreat
the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; push
an effort to advance; career, life history
the general progression of your working or professional life; march
a steady advance; clear sailing, easy going, plain sailing
easy unobstructed progress; leapfrog
advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors

Type of:: motion, move, movement
the act of changing location from one place to another

n a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

“she rejected his advances”

Synonyms:: approach, feeler, overture

Type of:: proffer, proposition, suggestion
a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

adj situated ahead or going before

“an advance party”

Synonyms:: advanced, in advance

: front
relating to or located in the front

n an amount paid before it is earned

Synonyms:: cash advance

Type of:: amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money
a quantity of money

v pay in advance

“Can you advance me some money?”

Type of:: lend, loan
give temporarily; let have for a limited time

adj being ahead of time or need

“gave advance warning”

Synonyms:: beforehand

: early
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

v contribute to the progress or growth of

Synonyms:: boost, encourage, further, promote

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; connive at, wink at
give one's silent approval to; foster, further
promote the growth of; spur
incite or stimulate; help
contribute to the furtherance of; carry
take further or advance; feed
support or promote; conduce, contribute, lead
be conducive to

Type of:: back up, support
give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

v develop further

“We are advancing technology every day”

Type of:: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
to make better

v give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

“Women tend not to advance in the major law firms”

Synonyms:: elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade

Antonyms:: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; tenure
give life-time employment to; bring up
promote from a lower position or rank; spot promote
promote on the spot; ennoble, entitle, gentle
give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility; favor, favour, prefer
promote over another; brevet
promote somebody by brevet, in the military; baronetise, baronetize
confer baronetcy upon; lord
make a lord of someone; dub, knight
raise (someone) to knighthood; advantage
give an advantage to

Type of:: assign, delegate, depute, designate
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

v obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

Synonyms:: gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win

Antonyms:: drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede
retreat

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; steal
steal a base; hit, rack up, score, tally
gain points in a game; par
make a score (on a hole) equal to par; shoot
score; convert
score (a spare); convert
complete successfully; convert
score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; homer
hit a home run; kick
make a goal; eagle
shoot in two strokes under par; hole up
score a hole in one; ace
score an ace against; walk
obtain a base on balls; equalise, equalize, get even
compensate; make the score equal; get, have, make
achieve a point or goal

v develop in a positive way

Synonyms:: come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up

Antonyms:: regress, retrograde, retrogress
get worse or fall back to a previous condition

Types:: climb
improve one's social status; leapfrog
progress by large jumps instead of small increments

Type of:: develop
grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

n a change for the better; progress in development

Synonyms:: betterment, improvement

Types:: show 13 types...; hide 13 types...; resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification
bringing again into activity and prominence; elaboration, refinement
the result of improving something; accommodation, adjustment, fitting
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances; conservation, preservation
an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change; recovery
return to an original state; readjustment
the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances); domestication
accommodation to domestic life; habituation
a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions; Renaissance, Renascence, rebirth
the revival of learning and culture; regeneration
the activity of spiritual or physical renewal; resurrection
a revival from inactivity and disuse; resuscitation
the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; shakedown
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state

Type of:: shift, transformation, transmutation
a qualitative change

v increase or raise

Synonyms:: boost, supercharge

Type of:: increase
make bigger or more

v rise in rate or price

Synonyms:: gain

Type of:: climb, mount, rise, wax
go up or advance

n increase in price or value

“the news caused a general advance on the stock market”

Synonyms:: rise

Type of:: increase, step-up
the act of increasing something

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