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Adjective advancing has 2 senses
  1. advancing - moving ahead or toward the front; "advancing armies"
    Antonyms:     retreating, receding, retiring, withdrawing
  2. advancing, forward, forward-moving - moving forward
    Antonym: regressive (indirect, via progressive)
,Verb advance has 12 senses
  1. advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
    --1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Antonyms: recede, fall back, retire
    Derived forms: noun advancement2, noun advance1, noun advance4, noun advancer1
    Sample sentence:
    The water advances
  2. advance, throw out - bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
    --2 is one way to propose, suggest, advise
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. boost, advance, supercharge - increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
    --3 is one way to increase
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. promote, advance, boost, further, encourage - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
    --4 is one way to support, back up
    Derived form: noun advance2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  5. advance, bring forward - cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?"
    --5 is one way to move, displace
    Antonyms: back
    Derived form: noun advancement2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  6. gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  7. progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
    --7 is one way to develop
    Derived forms: noun advance2, noun advance4
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  8. advance - develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"
    --8 is one way to     better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
    Derived forms: noun advancement3, noun advancement2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  9. promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
    --9 is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign
    Derived form: noun advancement1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  10. advance - pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?"
    --10 is one way to     lend, loan
    Derived form: noun advance5
    Sample sentences:
    They advance the money to them
    They advance them the money
  11. advance, set ahead - move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"
    --11 is one way to set
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  12. advance, gain - rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"
    --12 is one way to wax, mount, climb, rise
    Derived form: noun advance6
    Sample sentence:
    The stock market is going to advance
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