advance
Noun
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is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of somethingsame as: progress, progression
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subtypes:
- 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
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subtypes:
- 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
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same as: cash advance
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same as: rise
Adjective
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similar to: early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected timesame as: beforehand
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similar to: front - relating to or located in the frontsame as: advanced, in advance
Verb
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is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes:
- 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
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same as: throw out
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is a type of: increase - make bigger or moresame as: boost, supercharge
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subtypes:
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is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesubtypes: nose - advance the forward part of with cautionsame as: bring forward
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is a type of: develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environmentsubtypes:
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is a type of: assign, delegate, depute, designate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)subtypes:
- 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
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is a type of: set - set to a certain position or cause to operate correctlysame as: set ahead
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same as: gain
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