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# advance

«advance» in Mova's school dictionary: **to move forward («The army advanced»)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (advance, advances, advanced, advancing); noun (an advance, advances); adjective (advance)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To advance means to move forward («The army advanced»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#m1)

2) To advance means to improve or make progress («Science has advanced a lot»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#m2)

3) An advance is a forward movement or an improvement («advances in medicine»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#m3)

4) In advance means before something happens («Book in advance»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#m4)

5) An advance is money paid before the usual time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#m5)

6) As an adjective, advance means done or given early («advance warning»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#m6)

7) In advance of someone means further forward than them, ahead of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life «in advance» is a very common phrase for planning ahead (buy tickets in advance, warn in advance). In history and stories armies advance and retreat. In science and technology, advances are new discoveries. In board games you advance a number of spaces. Phrases: «in advance», «advance warning», «advance to the next round», «make advances».

### examples

- Buy your tickets in advance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#x1)
- The army advanced towards the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#x2)
- Move your counter and advance three spaces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#x3)
- There have been huge advances in medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#x4)
- Our team advanced to the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#x5)
- Thanks in advance for your help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#x6)
- We had advance warning of the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#x7)
- The soldiers had to retreat instead of advance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#x8)
- But his brothers rode slowly on in advance of him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: «advanced». Adjective «advanced» means at a high level («advanced swimmers»), different from «advance» (early). Opposite movement: «retreat». In maths board games, advancing 3 from square 7 lands on square 10.

### In the corpora

- ["Pre-need arrangements" is American funeral-business jargon for paying for your own funeral in advance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/13/)
- [If you will miss practice, tell the coach in advance, because the team plans around who comes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/14/)
- [If you will miss practice, tell the coach in advance, because the team plans around you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/13/)
- [If you need to break a plan, telling the person in advance is kinder than not turning up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/18/)
- [Turning a question towards the topic you want to talk about is called pivoting; talking points are lines prepared in advance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «advance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.