To promote or advantage.
Some see it as in effect the end of the Syrian uprising that began with peaceful protests against Assad’s police state in 2011, with opposition fighters working to advance Turkey’s interests at the expense of the revolution’s goals.
To move forward in space or time.
Whence and what art thou, execrable shape, / That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance / Thy miscreated front athwart my way / To yonder gates?
To raise, be raised.
The fringed Curtaines of thine eyes aduance.
A forward move; improvement or progression.
an advance in health or knowledge
An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
Could he ask the cashier privately for an advance? No, the cashier was no good, no damn good: he wouldn't give an advance.
Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.
Preceding.
The advance man came a month before the candidate.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ...
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An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
an advance on the prime cost of goods
Forward.
The scouts found a site for an advance base.