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advanced

[ ad-vanst, -vahnst ]

adjective

  1. placed ahead or forward:

    with one foot advanced.

  2. ahead or far or further along in progress, complexity, knowledge, skill, etc.:

    an advanced class in Spanish;

    to take a course in advanced mathematics;

    Our plans are too advanced to make the change now.

  3. pertaining to or embodying ideas, practices, attitudes, etc., taken as being more enlightened or liberal than the standardized, established, or traditional:

    advanced theories of child care;

    the more advanced members of the artistic community.

  4. far along in time:

    the advanced age of most senators.



advanced

/ əˈɑːԲ /

adjective

  1. being ahead in development, knowledge, progress, etc

    advanced studies

  2. having reached a comparatively late stage

    a man of advanced age

  3. ahead of the times

    advanced views on religion

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Other Word Forms

  • ɱ-·Գ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of advanced1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; advance + -ed 2
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Freeman advanced to third on an error on the play, but being 90 feet away from home didn’t matter.

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These neurons produce cognition by the patterns in which groups of them fire at once — a model that has inspired advanced computers and AI.

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The announcement came after China imposed export restrictions on seven rare earth elements, essential to the production of advanced technologies - including electric vehicles, fighter jets, and robots.

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Hunterston B is one of seven advanced gas-cooled reactor sites in the UK which are nearing the end of their lives.

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But it is not clear why any of the three would require advanced warnings about sensitive US strike plans.

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