EGAVE

advanced

About 41.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb simple past and past participle of advance
  2. adjective At or close to the state of the art. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. adjective Involving greater complexity; more difficult, elaborate or specialized.
    The option can be found under advanced settings.
  4. adjective Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
  5. adjective In a late stage of development or education; having greatly progressed beyond an initial stage.
    This is an advanced prototype, it already has most of the features the final product will have.
  6. adjective Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
  7. adjective Indicating a time ahead of the correct time.
  8. adjective ↑ “advanced, a.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2015.

Similar words

modern innovative hi-tech sophisticated precocious later civilized front forward-looking high

Often followed by

to in by and the age countries technology stage

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