adust
— Adjective
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～ dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats"
advance
— Verb
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～ pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?"
advance
— Verb
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～ bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
advance
— Verb
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～ increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
advance
— Verb
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～ move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"
advance
— Verb
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～ cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?"
advance
— Verb
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～ develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
advance
— Verb
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～ contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
advance
— Verb
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～ develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"
advance
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～ 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"; "win points"
advance
— Verb
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～ rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"
advance
— Verb
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～ move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
advance
— Verb
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～ 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"
advance
— Adjective
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～ being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report"
advance
— Adjective
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～ situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"
advance
— Noun
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～ a change for the better; progress in development
advance
— Noun
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～ increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
advance
— Noun
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～ the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
advance
— Noun
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～ a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
advance
— Noun
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～ an amount paid before it is earned