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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (8)

1. farther along in physical or mental development;
- Example: "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"
- Example: "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average"

2. comparatively late in a course of development;
- Example: "the illness had reached an advanced stage"
- Example: "an advanced state of exhaustion"

3. ahead of the times;
- Example: "the advanced teaching methods"
- Example: "had advanced views on the subject"
- Example: "a forward-looking corporation"
- Example: "is British industry innovative enough?"
[syn: advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern]

4. at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill;
- Example: "an advanced degree"
- Example: "an advanced text in physics"
- Example: "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"

5. ahead in development; complex or intricate;
- Example: "advanced technology"
- Example: "a sophisticated electronic control system"
[syn: advanced, sophisticated]

6. far along in time;
- Example: "a man of advanced age"
- Example: "advanced in years"
- Example: "a ripe old age"
- Example: "the ripe age of 90"
[syn: advanced, ripe]

7. (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry;
- Example: "advanced societies"
- Example: "an advanced country technologically"

8. situated ahead or going before;
- Example: "an advance party"
- Example: "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"
[syn: advance(a), advanced(a), in advance(p)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Advance \Ad*vance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Advancing(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer, fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be fr. L. ad. See Avaunt.] 1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. [1913 Webster] 2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] They . . . advanced their eyelids. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote. [1913 Webster] Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes. --Esther iii. 1. [1913 Webster] 4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests. [1913 Webster] 5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument. [1913 Webster] Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten. [1913 Webster] 7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him. [1913 Webster] 8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods. [1913 Webster] 9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Greatly advancing his gay chivalry. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Syn: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Advanced \Ad*vanced"\, a. 1. In the van or front. [1913 Webster] 2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers. [1913 Webster] 3. Far on in life or time. [1913 Webster] A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

advanced adj 1: farther along in physical or mental development; "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"; "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average" 2: comparatively late in a course of development; "the illness had reached an advanced stage"; "an advanced state of exhaustion" 3: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" [syn: advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern] 4: at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University" 5: ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system" [syn: advanced, sophisticated] 6: far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" [syn: advanced, ripe] 7: (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically" 8: situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" [syn: advance(a), advanced(a), in advance(p)]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

109 Moby Thesaurus words for "advanced": a bit previous, a la mode, advanced in life, advanced in years, adventurous, aged, along in years, ameliorated, ancient, avant-garde, beautified, bettered, broad, broad-minded, civilized, contemporary, converted, cultivated, cultured, daring, developed, educated, elderly, embellished, enhanced, enriched, exploratory, far ahead, far out, fashionable, forward, forward-looking, gray, gray with age, gray-haired, gray-headed, grown old, half-baked, half-cocked, hasty, hoar, hoary, ill-considered, improved, impulsive, in, inaugural, mod, modern, modernistic, modernized, modish, newfashioned, not firm, now, old, old as Methuselah, original, overhasty, oversoon, patriarchal, perfected, polished, preceding, precipitate, precocious, preliminary, premature, present-day, present-time, previous, progressive, radical, refined, reformed, rushed, senectuous, streamlined, tolerant, too early, too soon, transfigured, transformed, twentieth-century, ultra-ultra, ultramodern, uncrystallized, unjelled, unmatured, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprepared, unripe, untimely, up-to-date, up-to-datish, up-to-the-minute, venerable, venturesome, way out, white, white with age, white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired, wide, wrinkled, wrinkly, years old