advanced
English
Etymology
advance + -ed
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ədˈvɑːnst/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnst
- (US) IPA(key): /ədˈvænst/
- Rhymes: -ænst
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Verb
advanced
- simple past tense and past participle of advance
Adjective
advanced (comparative more advanced or further advanced, superlative most advanced or furthest advanced)
- At or close to the state of the art.
- with greater complexity, more difficult
- The option can be found under advanced settings.
- I'm taking a course in advanced knitting techniques.
- Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 3, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, OCLC 223202227:
- a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles
- 1944 May and June, “When the Circle was Steam Operated”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
- The length of the stoppages could not well be reduced; indeed, they are already too short if we are to believe the tale now current of a wandering Jew sort of passenger—a lady of advanced years who can only alight from a train backwards. Every time she begins to get out a porter rushes up crying "Hurry up, ma'am; train's going!"—and pushes her in again!
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- In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
- This is an advanced prototype, it already has most of the features the final product will have.
- (phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
- Synonym: fronted
- Antonyms: retracted, backed
- (Philippines, of a clock or watch) Indicating a time ahead of the correct time.[1]
- Synonyms: fast, gain
Synonyms
- progressive, professional, sophisticated
Derived terms
- advanced age
- advanced degree
- advanced green
- advanced pawn
- advanced tongue root
- advanced traffic management
- advanced train control system
Translations
at or close to state of the art
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enhanced — See also translations at enhanced
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in a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage
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phonetics: pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract
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See also
- cutting edge
- groundbreaking
References
- “advanced, a.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2015.