Concept cluster: Activities > Advancement or improvement
n
(obsolete) The act of approaching or arriving; approach.
n
(grammar) Motion towards something.
v
obsolete typography of advance [To help the progress of (something); to further.]
adj
Obsolete form of advanced. [At or close to the state of the art.]
v
To help the progress of (something); to further.
n
A male advance person.
n
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
n
Archaic spelling of advancement. [The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity]
adj
(archaic) Tending to advance.
n
Obsolete form of advance. [A forward move; improvement or progression.]
n
Obsolete form of advancement. [The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity]
n
Obsolete form of advancement. [The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity]
adv
So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense.
adv
Onward, forward, with progressive action.
n
Movements to gain favour; advances.
v
(obsolete) To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
n
(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
v
To make something happen earlier than originally planned.
v
(intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
v
(intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance
v
To make one's début.
adv
Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
v
(intransitive, sex) To reach orgasm.
v
(Southern US, Appalachia and African-American Vernacular, informal) Going to; preparing to; about to.
v
To run in front.
n
A headstart.
v
(sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
v
To move forward quickly, or to make good progress with (especially a plan)
n
(rare) A leading forth
v
(transitive) To advance, promote.
v
Obsolete spelling of found; simple past tense and past participle of find [(transitive) To start (an institution or organization).]
v
(transitive) To help forward; to assist.
n
Advancement or progress.
v
To advance toward success.
v
(get ahead of a potential development) To take preemptive action before the development becomes reality.
v
Pronunciation spelling of approach. [(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.]
n
(idiomatic) An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected; given (or taken), for example, prior to the beginning of a race.
n
(uncountable, figuratively) Progress toward a goal.
n
The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, enterprise, event etc.
adj
(obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To cause to make progress.
n
(formal, figuratively) of abstract processes that can be compared to a voyage: initial circumstances. Frequent collocations include, but are not limited to:
v
(intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on
n
Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
v
(idiomatic, transitive)To change the time in a time zone to a later time.
v
To propose, suggest (an opinion, theory etc.).
n
An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
v
(intransitive) to take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification

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