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In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.

Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.

To raise; to elevate. [Archaic] They . . . advanced their eyelids. Shak.

The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning. In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's advancement. Sir T. More. True religion . . . propose…

The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old. Nor wrong mine age with this indignity. Shak.

willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. Shak.

In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.

The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay.

The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.

Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child. "The backward learner." South.

Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.

More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject. All the better. See under All, adv. -- Better half, an expression used to designate one's wife. My dear, my better half (said he), I find I must now leave thee. Sir P. Sidney. -- To be better off, to be in a better condition.…

Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.

A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.

inds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the int…

h it was found. If it did, it indicates an unprecedented antiquity for human beings of an advanced type.

he conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left.

government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.

A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once.