advance
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3.1
- noun
- /ədˈvæns/
- There have been significant advances in medical technology that improve patient care.
- technological advances
- recent advances
- advances in technology
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- But this week, after six weeks of triumphant advance, the Empire took Lehmberg back.
- And then after that it is a full complete advance into Europe.
- And that is perhaps the biggest advance of them all.
- There is a positive advance that is taking place here.
- So actually incredible change and advances can happen.
- So he says the unhappy consciousness is an advance beyond these.
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In addition to increasing student access, advances in technology have eased the video production process as well.
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And I think we should celebrate the advances that the EU has made.
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And that is perhaps the biggest advance of them all.
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And then after that it is a full complete advance into Europe.
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So actually incredible change and advances can happen.
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You have made some great advances.
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The past decade has witnessed exciting advances in artificial intelligence research and applications.
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Like most of his contemporaries, he believed technological advances would raise living standards for everyone.
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There is a factual ground for making certain claims about human advances for city dwellers.
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Quotas are adjusted infrequently and do not yet fully reflect the advance of emerging market countries.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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2.5
Forward change toward a goal or better state
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2.5
A gradual change that makes something better or more advanced
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1.1
A change that makes something better
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4.1
Progress or growth that makes something better
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3.8
A process of moving forward or developing over time
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4.1
Important progress toward a goal
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5.6
Progress toward a goal, often slowly and with effort
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3.6
An action that improves life or conditions for people
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3.7
The act of going ahead toward a goal
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Compounds
- Specialized
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8.0
The timing of the spark that lights the fuel and air in an engine, measured by the piston's position
- Specialized
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7.0
A part of life insurance paid early to a person likely to die soon
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Etymology
Advance as progress comes from Old French avancer, which means 'to move forward' (from Latin ab + ante 'from' and 'before'). So an advance in science is a step that moves knowledge forward.