advanced
Definition of advanced
1 : far on in time or course a man advanced in years
2a : being beyond others in progress or ideas tastes a bit too advanced for the timesb : being beyond the elementary or introductory advanced chemistryc : greatly developed beyond an initial stage the most advanced scientific methods advanced weapons systemsd : much evolved from an early ancestral type bees and other advanced insects advanced traits
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Examples of advanced in a Sentence
The school has courses for elementary, intermediate, and advanced students.
The book explains both basic and advanced techniques.
The system has many advanced features.
The disease is in an advanced stage.
an advanced form of cancer
Recent Examples of advanced from the Web
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This present-tense narrative line loops back to the early sequence set on a tropical planet inhabited by the highly advanced Pearl people.
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The hacking effort, using advanced spyware whose sale is restricted to governments, has generated a furor in Mexico.
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Working cooperatively, the lab experiments conducted by instructors and students during the summer program sometimes have shaped more advanced research.
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One Time In June and Pounds, who is from Lipan, advanced to Saturday’s Classic/Challenge open division finals after turning in a two-ride aggregate score of 436.5 at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum.
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A pundit mocks a White House exhibit of advanced technology as ‘tchotchkes.’
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Lincoln-Way East (7-1) advanced to face St. Charles North at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Naperville Central.
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Such institutions are less likely to offer demanding courses such as physics or advanced algebra.
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A genetic analysis performed at WUSM's genome center, where Wartman worked, pinpointed a hyperactive gene, and a drug for advanced kidney cancer happened to inhibit the protein that gene produces.
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First Known Use of advanced
1646
ADVANCED Defined for Kids
advanced
Definition of advanced for Students
1 : being far along in years or progress an advanced civilization
2 : being beyond the elementary or introductory level advanced mathematics
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