Past tense of advance
regular verb
The past tense of advance is advanced. The past participle is also advanced.
Forms of advance
| Base form (V1) | advance /ədˈvɑːns/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | advanced /ədˈvɑːnst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | advanced /ədˈvɑːnst/ |
| Present participle | advancing /ədˈvɑːnsɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | advances |
Advanced in a sentence
- This army recaptured Wu-chʻang, on the right bank of the Yangtze, in 1854, reached Chen-chiang four years later, advanced to Chiu-chiang and threatened Nanking.2003, C.J. Shane, editor, China (The History of Nations), Greenhaven Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 67
- Ghosts, it is advanced, either do not exist at all, or else, like the stars at noonday, they are there all the time and it is we who cannot see them.1935, Oliver Onions, “Credo”, in The Collected Ghost Stories
- This is an advanced prototype, it already has most of the features the final product will have.From the entry advanced
- Russell kept the merry-go-round moving with an RBI single that advanced Henderson to third.From the entry merry-go-round
- In cultural hitchhiking, a cultural trait spreads with a technologically advanced population.From the entry hitchhike
Meaning of advance
- verb To help the progress of (something); to further.
- verb To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- verb To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
Questions about the past tense of advance
- What is the past tense of advance?
- The past tense of advance is advanced.
- What is the past participle of advance?
- The past participle of advance is advanced.
- Is advance a regular or irregular verb?
- Advance is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: advance (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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