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Meaning of ADVANCED

Pronunciation:  ad'vanst

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically"
  2. [adj]  far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"
  3. [adj]  ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
  4. [adj]  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"
  5. [adj]  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"
  6. [adj]  ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
 

ADVANCED is a 8 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: civilised, civilized, forward-looking, high, high-tech, hi-tech, innovative, late, modern, precocious, progressive, ripe, sophisticated
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ad*vanced"\, a.
1. In the van or front.
2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or
   ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.
3. Far on in life or time.
         A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard
         experience written in his wrinkles.   --Hawthorne.
{Advanced guard}, a detachment of troops which precedes the
   march of the main body.
 
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