advanced
/əd'vɑ:nst/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Far along in progress, development, or time: Refers to something that has progressed significantly from an earlier or simpler stage, or to a person of considerable age.
- Highly developed or complex: Describes societies, systems, or technologies that are modern and sophisticated.
- At a higher academic or skill level: Pertains to studies, courses, or students beyond the elementary or intermediate stages.
- Ahead of current thinking or standards: Characterizes ideas, methods, or views that are progressive or innovative.
Usage Examples
- Describing development or progress:
- The cancer was diagnosed at an advanced stage.
- She is advanced in years but remains very active.
- Describing technology or society:
- The country has a highly advanced technological infrastructure.
- They used advanced techniques to solve the problem.
- Describing academic or skill level:
- He is taking an advanced course in molecular biology.
- The textbook is intended for advanced learners.
- Describing ideas or methods:
- His views on education were quite advanced for his time.
Advanced Usage
- "Advanced in years": A formal or polite way to say someone is old.
- The program provides care for those who are advanced in years.
- "Advanced degree": A university degree beyond a bachelor's, such as a master's or doctorate.
- She moved abroad to pursue an advanced degree.
Variants and Related Words
- Advance (verb/noun): To move forward or make progress; a forward movement or a development.
- Verb: The troops will advance at dawn.
- Noun: This discovery is a major advance in medicine.
- Advancement (noun): The process of promoting a cause or making progress.
- She dedicated her life to the advancement of science.
Synonyms
- Sophisticated: Highly developed and complex.
- Progressive: Favoring or implementing new, modern ideas.
- Higher-level: At a more complex or difficult stage.
Antonyms
- Basic: Forming an essential foundation; elementary.
- Rudimentary: Involving or limited to basic principles.
- Backward: Less developed than is normal or expected.
Related Phrases
- Advanced placement: A program offering college-level courses in high school.
- She earned college credit through Advanced Placement exams.
- Advanced standing: Credit granted for previous study, allowing a student to skip introductory courses.
- His transfer credits gave him advanced standing in the program.
Adjective
- situated ahead or going before
- an advance party
- at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies
- (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
- advanced societies
- an advanced country technologically
- far along in time
- a man of advanced age
- advanced in years
- a ripe old age
- the ripe age of 90
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- advanced technology
- a sophisticated electronic control system
- at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
- an advanced degree
- an advanced text in physics
- special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University
- ahead of the times
- the advanced teaching methods
- had advanced views on the subject
- a forward-looking corporation
- is British industry innovative enough?
- comparatively late in a course of development
- the illness had reached an advanced stage
- an advanced state of exhaustion
- farther along in physical or mental development
- the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'
- children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average