An advanced system, method, or design is modern and has been developed from an earlier version of the same thing.
Without more training or advanced technical skills, they'll lose their jobs.
...the most advanced optical telescope in the world.
Synonyms: sophisticated, foremost, modern, revolutionary More Synonyms of advanced
2. adjective
A country that is advanced has reached a high level of industrial or technological development.
...a technologically advanced society.
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
An advanced student has already learned the basic facts of a subject and is doing more difficult work. An advanced course of study is designed for such students.
The course is suitable for beginners and advanced students.
The lab has recently been updated to allow for more advanced courses.
Synonyms: high-level, higher, tertiary, post-graduate More Synonyms of advanced
4. adjective
Something that is at an advanced stage or level is at a late stage of development.
'Medicare' is available to victims of advanced kidney disease.
His ideas should be more advanced by the time the committee meets in October.
5. graded adjective
If you say that someone is of advanced years or is advanced in age, you are saying in a polite way that they are old.
[formal, politeness]
advanced in British English
(ədˈvɑːnst)
adjective
1.
being ahead in development, knowledge, progress, etc
advanced studies
2.
having reached a comparatively late stage
a man of advanced age
3.
ahead of the times
advanced views on religion
advanced in American English
(ædˈvænst; ədˈvænst)
adjective
1.
in advance; moved forward; in front
2.
far on in life; old
3.
ahead or beyond others in progress, complexity, etc.
advanced studies
4.
higher than usual
advanced prices
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈliberal
Examples of 'advanced' in a sentence
advanced
The drug had previously failed in people with more advanced disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But the critical distance remains, and his now rather advanced age increases it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The banks' difficulty is that inflationary pressures across the advanced industrial economies are weak.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Those at an advanced stage will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Computing (2010)
The investigation is understood to be in the advanced stages but the unit does not publish outcomes unless there is a fine or punishment.
The Sun (2016)
There have not been many world No 1s who have hit their peak at such an advanced age.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He logged 10,000 flying hours during which he made five forced landings without accident, and continued to fly in advanced age.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Researchers say it is probably due to the cancer being at a more advanced stage, but poor out-of-hours care may also play a role.
The Sun (2016)
There are already advanced plans under way to ensure that this happens.
The Sun (2016)
We know that some doctors with more advanced knowledge in a clinical area actually refer more patients.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There is no international or historical parallel for this in a major advanced industrial country.
Hirst, Paul After Thatcher (1989)
The compilation of a playground bully who at his advanced age should know better by now?
Christianity Today (2000)
Tests showed that he had advanced heart disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The advanced industrial economies are still only fitfully recovering.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Police said he was in the advanced stages of his plan.
The Sun (2009)
The cancer was already too advanced for laser treatment.
The Sun (2009)
Their advanced knowledge of ice production led them to freeze their opponents out.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
At my advanced age this is a great gift.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The advanced industrial economies are set for a painful period of adjustment.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Some sales fields demand a knowledge of more advanced mathematical procedures.
Hopkins, Tom The Guide to Greatness in Sales (1994)
That would derail recovery throughout the advanced industrial economies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
For the more advanced knowledge is the more specialized it has to be.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
Police raided his flat and found him to be in the advanced stages of making an explosive device.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Motor companies are led by people from a generation that still sees cars as exciting bits of advanced technology.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Experts mean well when they issue advice to help the elderly to prolong their lives into advanced old age.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is a facility for the detection and monitoring of cancer and heart disease with advanced diagnostic imaging systems.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He spends a good deal of time apparently in investigations in advanced mathematics to the neglect of his elementary work.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The show already has 2million advanced sales.
The Sun (2007)
Within three hours of leaving the hospital, she went into the advanced stages of labour.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Most had bought their tickets already with advanced ticket sales topping 150,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
advanced
British English: advanced /ədˈvɑːnst/ ADJECTIVE
An advanced system, method, or design is modern and has been developed from an earlier version of the same thing.
...the most advanced optical telescope in the world.
American English: advanced
Arabic: مُتَقَدِّم
Brazilian Portuguese: avançado
Chinese: 先进的
Croatian: napredan
Czech: pokročilý
Danish: avanceret
Dutch: geavanceerd
European Spanish: avanzado
Finnish: edistynyt
French: avancé
German: fortgeschritten
Greek: προχωρημένος
Italian: avanzato
Japanese: 進歩した
Korean: 앞선
Norwegian: avansert
Polish: zaawansowany
European Portuguese: avançado
Romanian: avansat
Russian: передовой
Latin American Spanish: avanzado
Swedish: avancerad
Thai: ขั้นสูง
Turkish: gelişmiş
Ukrainian: передовий
Vietnamese: tiên tiến
All related terms of 'advanced'
advance
To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
vaunce
to advance
advanced credit
credit toward a degree allowed to a student by a college for courses taken elsewhere or for high scores on preliminary examinations
advanced degree
an academic degree conferred for completion of requirements beyond the undergraduate college level, as M.S. or Ph .D.
Advanced Higher
the highest level of qualification offered within the school system, replacing the former Certificate of Sixth Year Studies
Advanced level
a public examination in a subject taken for the General Certificate of Education ( GCE ), usually at the age of 17–18
advanced standing
the status of a student who has already completed some of the requirements of a course at another institution and thus is able to miss out some elements of the full course at his or her current university
advanced training
Training is the process of learning the skills that you need for a particular job or activity.
Advanced Photo System
a system that enables photographs in different formats to be taken on the same (small) roll of film
advanced skills teacher
a teacher who has achieved high standards of classroom practice and success and who, after passing a national assessment , is paid to share his or her skills and experience with other teachers
advanced gas-cooled reactor
a nuclear reactor using carbon dioxide as the coolant , graphite as the moderator , and ceramic uranium dioxide cased in stainless steel as the fuel
college of advanced technology
(formerly) a college offering degree or equivalent courses in technology , with research facilities . In the mid-1960s these were granted university status
superteacher
a teacher who has achieved high standards of classroom practice and success and who, after passing a national assessment , is paid to share his or her skills and experience with other teachers
AGR
advanced gas-cooled reactor
Chinese translation of 'advanced'
advanced
(ədˈvɑːnst)
adj
(= highly developed)
[system, device]先进(進)的 (xiānjìn de)
[country]发(發)达(達)的 (fādá de)
(Scol)
[student, pupil]高年级(級)的 (gāoniánjí de)
[course, work]高等的 (gāoděng de)
[stage, level]
to be at/reach an advanced stage/level到晚期的 (dào wǎnqī de)
(frm)[years, age]老的 (lǎo de)
advance
(ədˈvɑːns)
vi
(= move forward) 前进(進) (qiánjìn)
(= make progress) 进(進)展 (jìnzhǎn)
n
(c/u) (= development) 发(發)展 (fāzhǎn)
(c/u) (= movement forward) 挺进(進) (tǐngjìn)
(c) (= money) 预(預)付款 (yùfùkuǎn)
adj
[notice, warning]预(預)先的 (yùxiān de)
vt
[money]预(預)付 (yùfù)
(= propose)[theory, idea]提出 (tíchū)
(= bring forward) 提前 (tíqián)
troops are advancing on the capital部队(隊)正朝首都挺进(進) (bùduì zhèng cháo shǒudū tǐngjìn)
in advance[book, prepare, plan]提前 (tíqián)
in advance of (= before) 在 ... 之前 (zài ... zhīqián)
(to pay sb) an advance on sth预(預)付(某人)某事的费(費)用 (yùfù (mǒurén) mǒushì de fèiyòng)