advanced

advanced

English

Etymology

advance +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ədˈvɑːnst/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnst
• (US) IPA^(key): /ədˈvænst/
• Rhymes: -ænst

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Verb

advanced

1. simple past tense and past participle of advance

Adjective

advanced (comparative more advanced or further advanced, superlative most advanced or furthest advanced)

1. At or close to the state of the art.
2. with greater complexity, more difficult

   The option can be found under advanced settings.

   I'm taking a course in advanced knitting techniques.

3. 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!

4. 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.

5. (phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.

   Synonym: fronted

   Antonyms: retracted, backed

6. (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

Arabic: مُتَقَدِّم‎ (ar) (mutaqaddim) Bulgarian: напреднал (bg) (naprednal) Chinese: Mandarin: 先進的／先进的 (zh) (xiānjìn de) Czech: pokročilý, vyspělý (cs) Danish: avanceret Dutch: gevorderd (nl) Esperanto: altnivela, progresinta Finnish: kehittynyt (fi) French: avancé (fr) German: fortgeschritten (de) Greek: προχωρημένος (el) m (prochoriménos), ανώτερος (el) m (anóteros) Hungarian: fejlett (hu), kiforrott Italian: avanzato (it), superiore (it), sofisticato (it) Japanese: 高度の (ja) (こうどの, kōdo-no), 高尚の (ja) (こうしょうの, kōshō-no) Latin: prōvectus Maori: whatutoto Norwegian: Bokmål: avansert (no) Nynorsk: avansert Persian: پیشرفته‎ (fa) (pišrafte) Polish: zaawansowany (pl) Portuguese: avançado (pt) Russian: продви́нутый (ru) (prodvínutyj), передово́й (ru) (peredovój) Slovak: pokročilý, vyspelý Spanish: avanzado (es)

enhanced — See also translations at enhanced

Hungarian: haladó (hu), speciális (hu), részletes (hu), összetett (hu)

in a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage

Bulgarian: напреднал (bg) (naprednal) Catalan: avançat (ca) Dutch: vergevorderd (nl) Finnish: myöhäinen (fi) French: avancé (fr) Greek: προηγμένος (el) m (proïgménos) Hungarian: haladó (hu), előrehaladott (hu) Italian: avanzato (it) Japanese: 上級 (ja) (jōkyū) Polish: zaawansowany (pl) Portuguese: avançado (pt) Spanish: avanzado (es), provecto (es)

phonetics: pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract

Hungarian: előrébb képzett

See also

• cutting edge
• groundbreaking

References

1. “advanced, a.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2015.