advance
/ədˈvæns/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.65 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To move forward in space or time.
verb
To move forward in space or time.
verb
To move forward in space or time.
verb
To move forward in space or time.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "This, however, was in time evaded by the monarchs, who advanced certain of their own retainers to a level with the ancient peers of the land[…]"
- "Whence and what art thou, execrable shape, / That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance / Thy miscreated front athwart my way / To yonder gates?"
- "[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."
- "I advanced towards him step by step, stopping sometimes for fear of waking him."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Latin ab ante Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *abanteāre Old French avancierbor. Middle English avauncen English advance From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ədˈvæns/
- British English: /ədˈvɑːns/
Usage
Inflected Forms
advances (present, singular)
advancing (participle, present)
advanced (participle, past)
advanced (past)
advaunce (alternative, obsolete)
advances (plural)
more advance (comparative)
most advance (superlative)