aduance

Verb

advance (third-person singular simple present advances, present participle advancing, simple past and past participle advanced)

1. To help the progress of (something); to further.
   • Some see it as in effect the end of the Syrian uprising that began with peaceful protests against Assad’s police state in 2011, with opposition fighters working to advance Turkey’s interests at the expense of the revolution’s goals.2018 January 26, Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian
2. To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
   • After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 3:1

   Synonyms:

   elevate, exalt, raise, aggrandize, dignify, ennoble, honor, nobilitate, prefer, promote

3. To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
   • Whence and what art thou, execrable shape, / That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance / Thy miscreated front athwart my way / To yonder gates?1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...
4. To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
   • [S]in and sorrow it were, considering the hardships of this noble and gallant knight, no whit mentioning or weighing those we ourselves have endured, if we were now either to advance or retard the hour of refection beyond the time when the viands are fit to be set before us.1820 March, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John...

   Synonyms:

   accelerate

5. (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
   • I advanced towards him step by step, stopping sometimes for fear of waking him.1829, Marchioness of Lemington, Rosina, or the Virtuous Country Maid, Ninth ed.
6. To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
   • “I had intended to ask you to advance me a hundred pounds,” said Phineas.1869, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn

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