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>