advance
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(verb) rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" |
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Synonyms: gain |
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Related Words: climb, go up, rise |
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(satellite adjective) situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" |
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Synonyms: advanced, in advance |
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(noun) increase in price or value: "the news caused a general advance on the stock market" |
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Synonyms: rise |
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Related Words: increase, step-up |
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(verb) develop further; "We are advancing technology every day" |
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Related Words: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument" |
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Synonyms: throw out |
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Related Words: advise, propose, suggest |
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(satellite adjective) being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report" |
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Synonyms: beforehand |
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(verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense: "Time marches on" |
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Synonyms: go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress |
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Related Words: close in, creep up, draw in, edge, elapse, encroach, forge, glide by, go, go along, go by, impinge, inch, infringe, lapse, locomote, move, overhaul, overtake, pass, plough on, press on, push on, rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down, slide by, slip away, slip by, sneak up, string, string along, travel |
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Antonyms: recede |
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(verb) cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?" |
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Synonyms: bring forward |
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Related Words: displace, move, nose |
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Antonyms: back |
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(verb) move forward; of clocks and watches |
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Synonyms: set ahead |
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Related Words: set |
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(verb) pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?" |
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Related Words: lend, loan |
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(noun) an amount paid before it is earned |
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Synonyms: cash advance |
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Related Words: amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money |
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(verb) increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit" |
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Synonyms: boost |
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Related Words: increase |
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(verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground" |
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Synonyms: gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, win |
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Related Words: hit, rack up, score, steal, tally |
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(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" |
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Synonyms: boost, encourage, further, promote |
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Related Words: back up, carry, conduce, connive at, contribute, feed, foster, further, help, lead, spur, support, wink at |
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(noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" |
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Synonyms: approach, feeler, overture |
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Related Words: proffer, proposition, suggestion |
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(noun) the act of moving forward toward a goal |
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Synonyms: advancement, forward motion, onward motion, progress, progression |
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Related Words: career, clear sailing, easy going, leapfrog, life history, march, motion, move, movement, plain sailing, push |
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(verb) give a promotion to; "raise in rank"; assign to a higher position |
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Synonyms: elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade |
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Related Words: assign, brevet, bring up, delegate, depute, designate, ennoble, entitle, favor, favour, gentle, prefer, queen, spot promote, tenure |
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(noun) a change for the better; progress in development |
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Synonyms: betterment, improvement |
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Related Words: accommodation, adjustment, conservation, elaboration, fitting, preservation, recovery, refinement, resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification, shift, transformation, transmutation |
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(noun) a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" |
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Synonyms: progress, progression |
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Related Words: change of location, head, headway, travel |
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(verb) make progress; "He progressed well in school" |
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Synonyms: come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up |
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Related Words: develop, leapfrog |
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