Meaning of advance in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A forward move; improvement or progression.

  Example: an advance in health or knowledge

• An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

• An addition to the price; rise in price or value.

  Example: an advance on the prime cost of goods

• (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.

verb

• To promote or advantage.

• To move forward in space or time.

• To raise, be raised.

adjective

• Completed before necessary or a milestone event.

  Example: He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.

• Preceding

  Example: The advance man came a month before the candidate.

• Forward

  Example: The scouts found a site for an advance base.