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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Advance \Ad*vance"\, n. [Cf. F. avance, fr. avancer. See
Advance, v.]
1. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward;
progress.
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2. Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally,
or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or
religion; an advance in rank or office.
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3. An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an
advance on the prime cost of goods.
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4. 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.
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[He] made the like advances to the dissenters.
--Swift.
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5. 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.
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I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances.
--Jay.
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The account was made up with intent to show what
advances had been made. --Kent.
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In advance
(a) In front; before.
(b) Beforehand; before an equivalent is received.
(c) In the state of having advanced money on account; as,
A is in advance to B a thousand dollars or pounds.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Advance \Ad*vance"\, n. [Cf. F. avance, fr. avancer. See
Advance, v.]
1. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward;
progress.
2. Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally,
or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or
religion; an advance in rank or office.
3. An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an
advance on the prime cost of goods.
4. 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.
[He] made the like advances to the dissenters.
--Swift.
5. 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.
I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances.
--Jay.
The account was made up with intent to show what
advances had been made. --Kent.
In advance
(a) In front; before.
(b) Beforehand; before an equivalent is received.
(c) In the state of having advanced money on account; as,
A is in advance to B a thousand dollars or pounds.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
in advance
adj : situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that
time the most advanced outpost was still east of the
Rockies" [syn: advance(a), advanced(a), in
advance(p)]
adv : ahead of time; in anticipation; "when you pay ahead (or in
advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan
ahead"; "should have made reservations beforehand"
[syn: ahead, beforehand]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
in advance
prep.phr.
beforehand
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
in advance
prep.phr.
beforehand
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
in advance
prep.phr.
beforehand
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
in advance
prep.phr.
beforehand
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
in advance
Engelska adv.
i förväg, på förhand
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
in advance /ɪn ɐdvˈans/
předem
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
in advance /ɪn ɐdvˈans/
vorab, vorweg, vorneweg
Synonym: ex ante
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
in advance /ɪn ɐdvˈans/
im Voraus, im voraus [alt] , im Vorhinein, im vorhinein [alt]
"know in advance" - im Voraus wissen
see: have advance knowledge
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
in advance /ɪn ɐdvˈans/
εκ των προτέρων
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
in advance /ɪn ɐdvˈans/
unaprijed
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
in advance /ɪn ɐdvˈans/
1. elôlegképpen
2. elôre
3. elôzetesen
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "in advance":
ahead, ahead of time, ante, before, beforehand, beforetime,
betimes, early, first, fore, foremost, foresightedly, forward,
headmost, in advance of, in anticipation, in anticipation of,
in front, in preparation for, in the forefront, in the foreground,
in the front, in the lead, on loan, on security, precociously,
previous, previous to, prior to, to the fore, to the front,
up ahead
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
在前面；预先
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
提供,预先,事先
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