Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Advance \Ad*vance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advanced}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Advancing}(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer,
   fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before.
   The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be
   fr. L. ad. See {Avaunt}.]
   1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to
      make to go on.

   2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]

            They . . . advanced their eyelids.    --Shak.

   3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.

            Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above
            all the princes.                      --Esther iii.
                                                  1.

   4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to
      forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance
      the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.

   5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show;
      as, to advance an argument.

            Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. --Pope.

   6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.

   7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes
      due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as,
      a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods
      consigned to him.

   8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate;
      as, to advance the price of goods.

   9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.]

            Greatly advancing his gay chivalry.   --Spenser.

   Syn: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten;
        accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.

Advanced \Ad*vanced"\, a.
   1. In the van or front.

   2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or
      ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.

   3. Far on in life or time.

            A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard
            experience written in his wrinkles.   --Hawthorne.

   {Advanced guard}, a detachment of troops which precedes the
      march of the main body.

Source : WordNet®

advanced
     adj 1: farther along in physical or mental development; "the
            child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'";
            "children in the advanced classes in elementary school
            read far above grade average"
     2: comparatively late in a course of development; "the illness
        had reached an advanced stage"; "an advanced state of
        exhaustion" [syn: {advanced(a)}]
     3: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had
        advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking
        corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
        [syn: {forward-looking}, {innovative}, {modern}]
     4: at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an
        advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special
        seminars for small groups of advanced students at the
        University"
     5: ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced
        technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
        [syn: {sophisticated}]
     6: far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in
        years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" [syn: {ripe}]
     7: (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or
        industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country
        technologically"
     8: situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that
        time the most advanced outpost was still east of the
        Rockies" [syn: {advance(a)}, {advanced(a)}, {in advance(p)}]