What is the meaning of advanced?

verb

• Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.
  • usage: "Time marches on"
  • synonyms: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
• Bring forward for consideration or acceptance.
  • usage: "advance an argument"
  • synonyms: advance, throw out
• Increase or raise.
  • usage: "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
  • synonyms: boost, advance, supercharge
• Contribute to the progress or growth of.
  • usage: "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
  • synonyms: promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
• Cause to move forward.
  • usage: "Can you move the car seat forward"
  • synonyms: advance, bring forward
• Obtain advantages, such as points, etc..
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
• Develop in a positive way.
  • usage: "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
  • synonyms: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up
• Develop further.
  • usage: "We are advancing technology every day"
  • synonyms: advance
• Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
• Pay in advance.
  • usage: "Can you advance me some money"
  • synonyms: advance
• Move forward.
  • usage: "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"
  • synonyms: advance, set ahead
• Rise in rate or price.
  • usage: "The stock market gained 24 points today"
  • synonyms: advance, gain

adjective

• Farther along in physical or mental development.
  • usage: "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"; "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average"
• Comparatively late in a course of development.
  • usage: "the illness had reached an advanced stage"; "an advanced state of exhaustion"
• Ahead of the times.
  • usage: "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough"
  • synonyms: forward-looking, innovative, modern
• At a higher level in training or knowledge or skill.
  • usage: "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"
• Ahead in development; complex or intricate.
  • usage: "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
  • synonyms: sophisticated
• Far along in time.
  • usage: "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"
  • synonyms: ripe
• Of societies. ( highly developed especially in technology or industry)
  • usage: "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically"
• Situated ahead or going before.
  • usage: "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"
  • synonyms: advance, in advance