Main Entry: ad·vanced

Function: adjective

Date: 1534

1 : far on in time or course <a man advanced in years>
2 a : being beyond others in progress or ideas <tastes a bit too advanced for the times> b : being beyond the elementary or introductory <advanced chemistry> c : greatly developed beyond an initial stage <the most advanced scientific methods> <advanced weapons systems> d : much evolved from an early ancestral type <bees and other advanced insects> <advanced traits>