advancedadjective
uk/ədˈvɑːnst/us/ədˈvænst/B1 modern and well developed:
This is the most advanced type of engine available.
A2 at a higher, more difficult level:
an advanced English course
advanced class/course US
a school class that is doing work of a higher standard than is usual for students at that stage in their education
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- The corpse was in an advanced stage of decomposition.
- I'm finding the advanced physics a bit heavy going.
- Passing a written exam is a prerequisite for taking the advanced course.
- an advanced state of infirmity
- technically advanced weapons
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complexity
- a paper chase idiom
- all-singing
- be more to sth than meets the eye idiom
- bleeding-edge
- busy
- equation
- fancy
- high-tech
- intractable
- intricacy
- intricate
- many-sided
- plot
- purple
- sophisticated
- tangled
- the plot thickens idiom
- thereby
- thereby hangs a tale idiom
- wheel
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