Advance vs. Withdraw

To promote or advantage.

To help the progress of (something); to further.

To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.

To move forward in space or time.

To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.

To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.

(intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.

To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.

To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.

(intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.

(intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.

To raise, be raised.

To raise; to lift or elevate.

To raise or increase (a price, rate).

To increase (a number or amount).

(intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction.

A forward move; improvement or progression.

Example: ‘an advance in health or knowledge’; ‘an advance in rank or office’;

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

An addition to the price; rise in price or value.

Example: ‘an advance on the prime cost of goods’;

(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.

Completed before need or a milestone event.

Example: ‘He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.’;

Preceding.

Example: ‘The advance man came a month before the candidate.’;

Forward.

Example: ‘The scouts found a site for an advance base.’;

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

To raise; to elevate.

Example: ‘They . . . advanced their eyelids.’;

To raise to a higher rank; to promote.

Example: ‘Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes.’;

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.

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

Example: ‘Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own.’;

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

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.

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

To extol; to laud.

Example: ‘Greatly advancing his gay chivalry.’;

To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.

To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.

To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.

Example: ‘Advanced to a level with ancient peers.’;

The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.

Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.

An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.

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.

Example: ‘[He] made the like advances to the dissenters.’;

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.

Example: ‘I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances.’; ‘The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made.’;

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.

a movement forward;

Example: ‘he listened for the progress of the troops’;

a change for the better; progress in development

a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;

Example: ‘she rejected his advances’;

the act of moving forward toward a goal

an amount paid before it is earned

increase in price or value;

Example: ‘the news caused a general advance on the stock market’;

move forward, also in the metaphorical sense;

Example: ‘Time marches on’;

bring forward for consideration or acceptance;

Example: ‘advance an argument’;

increase or raise;

Example: ‘boost the voltage in an electrical circuit’;

contribute to the progress or growth of;

Example: ‘I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom’;

cause to move forward;

Example: ‘Can you move the car seat forward?’;

obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

Example: ‘The home team was gaining ground’; ‘After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference’;

develop in a positive way;

Example: ‘He progressed well in school’; ‘My plants are coming along’; ‘Plans are shaping up’;

develop further;

Example: ‘We are advancing technology every day’;

give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;

Example: ‘John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired’; ‘Women tend not to advance in the major law firms’; ‘I got promoted after many years of hard work’;

pay in advance;

Example: ‘Can you advance me some money?’;

move forward;

Example: ‘we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward’;

rise in rate or price;

Example: ‘The stock market gained 24 points today’;

being ahead of time or need;

Example: ‘gave advance warning’; ‘was beforehand with her report’;

situated ahead or going before;

Example: ‘an advance party’; ‘at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies’;

move forwards in a purposeful way

Example: ‘the troops advanced on the capital’; ‘he advanced towards the dispatch box’;

move forward in time

Example: ‘as the nineteenth century advanced’;

change the date of (an event) so as to occur earlier than planned

Example: ‘I advanced the schedule by several weeks’;

make or cause to make progress

Example: ‘our knowledge is advancing all the time’; ‘it was a chance to advance his own interests’;

(of shares) increase in price

Example: ‘the food group advanced 12p to 639p’;

put forward (a theory or suggestion)

Example: ‘the hypothesis I wish to advance in this article’;

lend (money) to (someone)

Example: ‘the building society advanced them a loan’;

pay (money) to (someone) before it is due

Example: ‘he advanced me a month's salary’;

a forward movement

Example: ‘the rebels' advance on Madrid was well under way’; ‘the advance of civilization’;

a development or improvement

Example: ‘decades of great scientific advance’; ‘advances in engineering techniques’;

an increase in amount or price

Example: ‘share prices showed significant advances’;

an amount of money paid before it is due or for work only partly completed

Example: ‘the author was paid a £250,000 advance’;

a loan

Example: ‘an advance from the bank’;

an approach made to someone with the aim of initiating sexual or amorous relations

Example: ‘her tutor made advances to her’;

done, sent, or supplied beforehand

Example: ‘advance notice’; ‘advance warning’; ‘advance payment’;

(transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.

(intransitive) To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.

(transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).

Example: ‘to withdraw false charges’;

(transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).

(transitive) To extract (money from an account).

(intransitive) To retreat.

(intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like.

Example: ‘Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything.’;

To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.

To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company.

pull back or move away or backward;

Example: ‘The enemy withdrew’; ‘The limo pulled away from the curb’;

withdraw from active participation;

Example: ‘He retired from chess’;

release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles;

Example: ‘I want to disengage myself from his influence’; ‘disengage the gears’;

cause to be returned;

Example: ‘recall the defective auto tires’; ‘The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt’;

take back what one has said;

Example: ‘He swallowed his words’;

keep away from others;

Example: ‘He sequestered himself in his study to write a book’;

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract;

Example: ‘remove a threat’; ‘remove a wrapper’; ‘Remove the dirty dishes from the table’; ‘take the gun from your pocket’; ‘This machine withdraws heat from the environment’;

break from a meeting or gathering;

Example: ‘We adjourned for lunch’; ‘The men retired to the library’;

retire gracefully;

Example: ‘He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship’;

remove (a commodity) from (a supply source);

Example: ‘She drew $2,000 from the account’; ‘The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank’;

lose interest;

Example: ‘he retired from life when his wife died’;

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;

Example: ‘We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him’; ‘He backed out of his earlier promise’; ‘The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns’;

remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position

Example: ‘she prised open the lid and withdrew a slim diamond ring’; ‘Ruth withdrew her hand from his’;

take (money) out of an account

Example: ‘normally you can withdraw up to £50 in cash’;

discontinue or no longer provide (something previously supplied or offered)

Example: ‘the party threatened to withdraw its support for the government’;

say that (a statement one has made) is untrue or unjustified

Example: ‘he failed to withdraw his remarks and apologize’;

(of a man) practise coitus interruptus

Example: ‘it put me off taking the Pill—my partner now withdraws’;

leave or cause to leave a place or situation

Example: ‘UN forces withdrew from the province’; ‘both countries agreed to withdraw their troops’;

cease to participate in an activity or be a member of a team or organization

Example: ‘his rival withdrew from the race on the second lap’;

prevent (someone) from participating in an activity

Example: ‘patients were withdrawn from therapy when they had been depression-free for a month’;

depart to another place in search of quiet or privacy

Example: ‘he went silent and withdrew into himself’; ‘they withdrew to their rooms for a siesta’;

cease to take an addictive drug

Example: ‘for the cocaine user, it is possible to withdraw without medication’;