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adjective

Advanced adj.

In the van or front.

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

Far on in life or time. "A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles."

Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.

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Etymology of 'Advanced'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Advanced" Quotes from Famous Books

... heard when at Khartoum that the most advanced trading station was fifteen days' march from Gondokoro. I now understood that the party from that station were expected to arrive at Gondokoro in a few days, and I determined to await them, as their ivory porters returning might carry my baggage ...

— In the Heart of Africa • Samuel White Baker

... XXXIII. That, in this advanced state of the delivery of the extorted treasure, the ministers of the women aforesaid of the reigning family did apply to Captain Leonard Jaques, under whose custody they were confined, to be informed of the deficiency with which they stood charged, that they might endeavor, ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... that Chinese scholarship will be in any way advanced by this publication. The Lectures, slight in themselves, were never meant for advanced students, but rather to draw attention to, and possibly arouse some interest in, a subject which will occupy a larger space in the future than in the present or ...

— China and the Chinese • Herbert Allen Giles

... of the poor baronet. He regarded it as a romance in which he was to become the hero. But his present situation did not allow him the fascination of a dream. The brigands advanced from their concealment, and their chief, who seemed a most pleasant and polite scoundrel, commanded his men to inspect the luggage ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 392, Saturday, October 3, 1829. • Various

... took to be the priest advanced towards Laputa with his hands raised over his head. A pace before they met he halted, and Laputa went on his knees before him. He placed his hands on his head, and spoke some words which I could not understand. It reminded me, so ...

— Prester John • John Buchan

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