They use the Internet as a tool to advance their research. I asked the school to advance the funds for my trip. His cancer had progressed so much that he could no longer be treated. Derivation of preliminary entrance 1 (or borrowed from French advance, return to Middle French, nominal derivation of advance) Admission is free, but by invitation only, and a prior RSVP is required. These steps raised hopes that a political process leading to peace could move forward. Middle English avaunced, from the old participle of avauncen “in advance of entry 1” Structural reforms to promote political equality are also a viable legislative agenda for public opinion. Nevertheless, progress is progressing rapidly and progress is expected in the coming months. All slots for arrivals and departures are allocated months in advance. We are working to advance the cause of world peace. She hypothesized that children learn more from their friends than from their parents. And Epstein continues to divert money to universities to advance scientific research. When you move forward, you move forward. You can advance a chess piece on a chessboard, walk towards someone through a piece or watch an army advance in a country.
Moving forward also means “progressing,” such as improving your Spanish skills while traveling to Ecuador, or “borrowing money,” which a bank does by making a thousand-dollar advance. Since the 1700s, advances also meant making romantic overtures or flirting. She gave him a delicious smile, and before he could hold the door for her, she had opened it and fainted. The experience of letting a wild monkey approach you is quite scary. The verb to advance means “to move forward with determination.” This can also be prepared a few days in advance and kept covered in the refrigerator. One, a man of noble appearance and military attitude, was slightly ahead of the other two. Before he could take another step, the men fled. Relations between them became so strained that they did not meet at meals for the last part of the advance.
Last week, the Senate GOP tried to push forward an aid package that was only a fraction of what House Democrats had asked for, announcing only about $300 billion in new spending. The rebels wanted to advance from Lutao, but were held back by gunboat Maria Cristina`s fire. Information technology has evolved considerably since the 1960s. Finished, he said, why does he let fifty of our men advance and flank them on each wing? We may never know the total amount that the Kochs or other external donors are donating to advance anti-union legislation. That means supporting the small businesses that power our economy, promoting racial justice in our economic system, and creating millions of well-paying jobs. Middle English advauncen, modification (with the initial letter a- as assimilated form of Latin ad- ad-) of avauncen, borrowed from Anglo-French advancer, return to Vulgar Latin *abantiÄre, verbal derivation of Latin abante “before, before”, from ab- ab- + ante “before” â plus to ante-.