Advance vs. Forward
Advanceverb
To promote or advantage.
Advanceverb
To help the progress of (something); to further.
Advanceverb
To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
Advanceverb
To move forward in space or time.
Advanceverb
To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
Advanceverb
To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
Advanceverb
(intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
Advanceverb
To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
Advanceverb
To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
Advanceverb
(intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
Advanceverb
(intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
Advanceverb
To raise, be raised.
Advanceverb
To raise; to lift or elevate.
Advanceverb
To raise or increase (a price, rate).
Advanceverb
To increase (a number or amount).
Advanceverb
(intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction.
Advancenoun
A forward move; improvement or progression.
Advancenoun
An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
Advancenoun
An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
Advancenoun
(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
Advanceadjective
Completed before need or a milestone event.
Advanceadjective
Preceding.
Advanceadjective
Forward.
Advanceverb
To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
Advanceverb
To raise; to elevate.
Advanceverb
To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
Advanceverb
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.
Advanceverb
To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.
Advanceverb
To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
Advanceverb
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.
Advanceverb
To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.
Advanceverb
To extol; to laud.
Advanceverb
To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.
Advanceverb
To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.
Advanceverb
To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.
Advancenoun
The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.
Advancenoun
Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.
Advancenoun
An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.
Advancenoun
The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; - usually in the plural.
Advancenoun
A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.
Advanceadjective
Before in place, or beforehand in time; - used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.
Advancenoun
a movement forward;
Advancenoun
a change for the better; progress in development
Advancenoun
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;
Advancenoun
the act of moving forward toward a goal
Advancenoun
an amount paid before it is earned
Advancenoun
increase in price or value;
Advanceverb
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense;
Advanceverb
bring forward for consideration or acceptance;
Advanceverb
increase or raise;
Advanceverb
contribute to the progress or growth of;
Advanceverb
cause to move forward;
Advanceverb
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;
Advanceverb
develop in a positive way;
Advanceverb
develop further;
Advanceverb
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;
Advanceverb
pay in advance;
Advanceverb
move forward;
Advanceverb
rise in rate or price;
Advanceadjective
being ahead of time or need;
Advanceadjective
situated ahead or going before;
Advanceverb
move forwards in a purposeful way
Advanceverb
move forward in time
Advanceverb
change the date of (an event) so as to occur earlier than planned
Advanceverb
make or cause to make progress
Advanceverb
(of shares) increase in price
Advanceverb
put forward (a theory or suggestion)
Advanceverb
lend (money) to (someone)
Advanceverb
pay (money) to (someone) before it is due
Advancenoun
a forward movement
Advancenoun
a development or improvement
Advancenoun
an increase in amount or price
Advancenoun
an amount of money paid before it is due or for work only partly completed
Advancenoun
a loan
Advancenoun
an approach made to someone with the aim of initiating sexual or amorous relations
Advanceadjective
done, sent, or supplied beforehand
Forwardadjective
Toward the front or at the front.
Forwardadjective
Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
Forwardadjective
(finance) Expected in the future.
Forwardadjective
Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
Forwardadjective
Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
Forwardadverb
Towards the front or from the front.
Forwardadverb
In the usual direction of travel.
Forwardadverb
Into the future.
Forwardverb
(transitive) To advance, promote.
Forwardverb
(transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) to a third party.
Forwardnoun
(rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
Forwardnoun
(soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
Forwardnoun
(ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
Forwardnoun
(basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
Forwardnoun
(nautical) The front part of a vessel.
Forwardnoun
(Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
Forwardnoun
Agreement; covenant.
Forwardnoun
misconstruction of foreword||preface or introduction
Forwardnoun
An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
Forwardadverb
Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; - opposed to backward.
Forwardadjective
Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.
Forwardadjective
Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; too hasty.
Forwardadjective
Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years.
Forwardadjective
Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.
Forwardverb
To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.
Forwardverb
To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.
Forwardnoun
the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
Forwardnoun
a position on a basketball team
Forwardverb
send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit;
Forwardadjective
at or near or directed toward the front;
Forwardadjective
moving toward a position ahead;
Forwardadjective
used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty;
Forwardadjective
of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle;
Forwardadjective
moving forward
Forwardadjective
situated at or toward the front;
Forwardadjective
situated in the front;
Forwardadverb
at or to or toward the front;
Forwardadverb
forward in time or order or degree;
Forwardadverb
toward the future; forward in time;
Forwardadverb
in a forward direction;
Forwardadverb
near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane;
Forwardadverb
in the direction that one is facing or travelling; towards the front
Forwardadverb
in or towards the bow or nose of a ship or aircraft.
Forwardadverb
in the normal order or sequence
Forwardadverb
onward so as to make progress
Forwardadverb
into a position of prominence or notice
Forwardadverb
towards the future; ahead in time
Forwardadverb
to an earlier time
Forwardadjective
directed or facing towards the front or the direction that one is facing or travelling
Forwardadjective
positioned near the enemy lines
Forwardadjective
situated in or towards the bow or nose of a ship or aircraft
Forwardadjective
(of a voltage applied to a semiconductor junction) in the direction which allows significant current to flow.
Forwardadjective
relating to the future
Forwardadjective
progressing towards a successful conclusion
Forwardadjective
further advanced than expected or required
Forwardadjective
(of a person) bold or overfamiliar in manner
Forwardnoun
an attacking player in football, hockey, or other sports.
Forwardnoun
agreements to trade specified assets, typically currency, at a specified price at a certain future date.
Forwardverb
send (a letter or email) on to a further destination
Forwardverb
dispatch or send (a document or goods)
Forwardverb
help to advance (something); promote
