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Definition of Advanced

1. Adjective. Farther along in physical or mental development. "Children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average"

2. Adjective. Comparatively late in a course of development. "An advanced state of exhaustion"

3. Adjective. Ahead of the times. "Is British industry innovative enough?"

4. Adjective. At a higher level in training or knowledge or skill. "Special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"

5. Adjective. Ahead in development; complex or intricate. "A sophisticated electronic control system"

6. Adjective. Far along in time. "The ripe age of 90"

7. Adjective. (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry. "An advanced country technologically"

8. Adjective. Situated ahead or going before. "At that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"

Definition of Advanced

1. a. In the van or front.

Definition of Advanced

1. Verb. (past of advance) ¹

2. Adjective. At or close to the state of the art. ¹

3. Adjective. Enhanced. ¹

4. Adjective. Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing). ¹

5. Adjective. In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage. ¹

6. Adjective. (phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Advanced

1. advance [v] - See also: advance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Advanced

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advance medical directives advance person advance woman advanceable advanced(a) advanced adult advanced concepts torus i advanced fuels advanced green advanced life support

advanced multiple-beam equalization radiography advanced toroidal facility advanced traffic management advanced train control system advancedness advancement advancement flap advancemente

Literary usage of Advanced

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"Professor Evans : Botany of the flowering plants (1J); General morphology of plants (4); advanced morphology and taxonomy of plants. ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"General Gillespie advanced with 3500 men on the east, and there were two ... His communications being clear, he advanced against a strongly fortified ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"An advanced season in the field is always fatal to foreigners in this country," says Lieutenant-General Keatinge. And Bishop Burnet, having mentioned how ..."

4. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"Accordingly, they charged, und overpowered the party on the hill, anil the main force of the Greeks now advanced more easily up to it ; tor tho barbarians ..."

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