advance | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: beforehand |
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(adjective) situated ahead or going before | Synonyms: advanced, in advance |
(noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression |
(noun) increase in price or value | Synonyms: rise |
(noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: approach, feeler, overture |
(noun) a movement forward | Synonyms: progress, progression |
(noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: betterment, improvement |
(noun) an amount paid before it is earned | Synonyms: cash advance |
(verb) develop in a positive way | Synonyms: come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up |
(verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: gain |
(verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: boost, supercharge |
(verb) develop further | - |
(verb) bring forward for consideration or acceptance | Synonyms: throw out |
(verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
(verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | Synonyms: go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress |
(verb) cause to move forward | Synonyms: bring forward |
(verb) move forward | Synonyms: set ahead |
(verb) pay in advance | - |
(verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: boost, encourage, further, promote |
advanced | (adjective) (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry | - |
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(adjective) situated ahead or going before | Synonyms: advance, in advance |
(adjective) ahead in development; complex or intricate | Synonyms: sophisticated |
(adjective) far along in time | Synonyms: ripe |
(adjective) comparatively late in a course of development | - |
(adjective) farther along in physical or mental development | - |
(adjective) ahead of the times | Synonyms: forward-looking, innovative, modern |
(adjective) at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill | - |
advancement | (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advance, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression |
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(noun) gradual improvement or growth or development | Synonyms: progress |
(noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: furtherance, promotion |
advancer | (noun) someone who advances | - |
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advancing | (adjective) moving forward | Synonyms: forward-moving, forward |
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connivance | (noun) agreement on a secret plot | Synonyms: collusion |
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(noun) (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing | Synonyms: secret approval, tacit consent |
conservancy | (noun) the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc. | - |
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(noun) a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river | - |
contrivance | (noun) the act of devising something | Synonyms: devisal |
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(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
(noun) any improvised arrangement for temporary use | Synonyms: lash-up |
(noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | Synonyms: dodge, stratagem |
(noun) the faculty of contriving; inventive skill | - |
(noun) an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. | - |
grievance | (noun) a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action | - |
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(noun) an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice | - |
(noun) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | Synonyms: grudge, score |
irrelevance | (noun) the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand | Synonyms: irrelevancy |
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irrelevancy | (noun) the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand | Synonyms: irrelevance |
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nonobservance | (noun) a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | - |
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observance | (noun) the act of observing; taking a patient look | Synonyms: observation, watching |
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(noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honoring, honouring |
(noun) the act of noticing or paying attention | Synonyms: notice, observation |
(noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony |
relevance | (noun) the relation of something to the matter at hand | Synonyms: relevancy |
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relevancy | (noun) the relation of something to the matter at hand | Synonyms: relevance |
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vancomycin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections | Synonyms: Vancocin |
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