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Definition of advance adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

advance

adjective
 
 
/ədˈvɑːns/
 
/ədˈvæns/
[only before noun]
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  1.  
     done or given before something is going to happen
    • Please give us advance warning of any changes.
    • We need advance notice of the numbers involved.
    • No advance booking is necessary on most departures.
  2. advance party/team a group of people who go somewhere first, before the main group
    • The advance party for a winter ascent of Mount Everest has arrived in Nepal.
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French avance (noun), avancer (verb), from late Latin abante ‘in front’, from ab ‘from’ + ante ‘before’. The initial a- was mistakenly assimilated to ad- in the 16th cent.
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