to advance
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3.3
- verb
- /ədˈvæns/
:
aumentar
- Desiccation can advance the harvest date by a week or more without affecting the sunflowers.
It's going to advance and come back and it's going to keep, it's going to keep climbing.
- It's going to advance and come back and it's going to keep, it's going to keep climbing.
Examples
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Several factors are likely to advance this trend toward privatization in the wastewater treatment industry.
Academic text (1997) -
Due to high demand, the price of oil will likely advance in the coming months.
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Rents, you know, as everybody has seen have advanced significantly since then.
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In recent years, bioengineering has advanced to encompass organ transplants and tissue engineering.
Academic text (2002) -
The stock market is expected to advance as investors regain confidence in the economy.
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Experts predict that housing prices will advance significantly this year.
Synonyms
∞
2.9
To make an amount, level, or value higher
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1.1
To get more of something over time, like weight or money
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2.5
To make something increase or work better
Moving forward or making progress slowly and steadily
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Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A part of life insurance paid early to a person likely to die soon
- Specialized
The timing of the spark that lights the fuel and air in an engine, measured by the piston's position
How High
Surface Forms
Etymology
When prices advance, they go forward or up; the verb comes from Old French avancer (Latin ante 'before'), which is why we say a value 'advanced' when it rises.