advane - See: IN ADVANCE or IN ADVANCE OF.

advane - See: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, TO ADVANTAGE.

advane - v., n., & adj.
--v.

1 tr. & intr. move or put forward.
2 intr. make progress.
3 tr. a pay (money) before it is due. b lend (money).
4 tr. give active support to; promote (a person, cause, or plan).
5 tr. put forward (a claim or suggestion).
6 tr. cause (an event) to occur at an earlier date (advanced the meeting three hours).
7 tr. raise (a price).
8 intr. rise (in price).
9 tr. (as advanced adj.) a far on in progress (the work is well advanced). b ahead of the times (advanced ideas).

--n.

1 an act of going forward.
2 progress.
3 a payment made before the due time.
4 a loan.
5 (esp. in pl.; often foll. by to) an amorous or friendly approach.
6 a rise in price. --attrib.adj. done or supplied beforehand (advance warning; advance copy).

advanced (or advanced supplementary) level (in the UK) a GCE examination of a standard higher than ordinary level and GCSE. advance guard a body of soldiers preceding the main body of an army. advance on approach threateningly. in advance ahead in place or time.

advancer n. [ME f. OF avancer f. LL abante in front f. L ab away + ante before: (n.) partly through F avance]

advane - n.
the promotion of a person, cause, or plan. [ME f. F avancement f. avancer (as ADVANCE)]

advane - n. & v.
--n.

1 a beneficial feature; a favourable circumstance.
2 benefit, profit (is not to your advantage).
3 (often foll. by over) a better position; superiority in a particular respect.
4 (in lawn tennis) the next point won after deuce.

--v.

tr.
1 be beneficial or favourable to.
2 further, promote.

have the advantage of be in a better position in some respect than. take advantage of 1 make good use of (a favourable circumstance).
2 exploit or outwit (a person), esp. unfairly.
3 euphem. seduce. to advantage in a way which exhibits the merits (was seen to advantage). turn to advantage benefit from.

advantageous adj. advantageously adv. [ME f. OF avantage, avantager f. avant in front f. LL abante: see ADVANCE]

advane - See: IN ADVANCE or IN ADVANCE OF.