advance
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- adjective
- /ədˈvæns/
:
anticipado
- Please watch this column for advance notice of the 17th International Workshop and Conference.
- an advance notice
- advance planning
- an advance directive
And they you had to to give them an advanced copy of a speech for approval.
- And they you had to to give them an advanced copy of a speech for approval.
- And I went, how, how much advance notice did you have?
Examples
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Part of this is actually decided in advance and it's decided by international agreements.
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She has an advance ticket for the concert, allowing her to enter before the general audience.
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More than once, this eccentricity has given me advance warning that my services may be called for.
Fiction book (1991) -
Yosemite Valley in mid-winter is a spectacular destination, and with advance planning, a photo trip then is quite manageable.
Academic text (1994) -
Acknowledgements: The author is grateful to Dorrit Hoffleit for an advance look at chapters of her forthcoming book.
Academic text (1992) -
We received the advance information about the event schedule before it was publicly announced.
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The team prepared an advance report to ensure everyone was informed ahead of the meeting.
Synonyms
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4.1
Placed in front of others to lead or prepare
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 Early
Surface Forms
Etymology
The adjective advance (done or given ahead of time) comes from Latin ante 'before' through Old French avancer, so it means something sent or arranged 'before' others arrive or before an event.