{
    "term": "advance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "progress or a development in a particular activity or area of understanding",
            "sensetop": "advance in somethingadvance on somethingadvance towards something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We live in an age of rapid **technological advance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Recent **advances in technology** have made the procedure safe.",
                    "contextForm": "advance in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "recent advances in medical science"
                },
                {
                    "text": "major advances in the field of physics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an advance on the existing techniques",
                    "contextForm": "advance on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an advance towards a better understanding of God",
                    "contextForm": "advance towards something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hindu science made great advances in astronomy and mathematics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Recent years have seen significant advances in our understanding of the human genome."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The design incorporates the most recent technological advances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need more money if we are to make any further advances in this area of science."
                },
                {
                    "text": "rapid advances in science and technology"
                },
                {
                    "text": "two major advances in orthopaedic medicine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At this time there were a number of major advances in the field of physics."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "considerable", "dramatic"],
                "verb + advance": ["make"],
                "preposition": ["advance in", "advance on", "advance towards/​toward"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the forward movement of a group of people, especially armed forces",
            "sensetop": "advance (on something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We feared that an advance on the capital would soon follow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "enemy advances"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The general ordered an advance to the front line."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The regiment made an advance on the enemy lines."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Russian advance towards Berlin"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Enemy advances had forced them to retreat into the mountains."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their advance on the city seemed unstoppable."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rapid", "Allied", "British"],
                "verb + advance": ["make", "order", "halt"],
                "preposition": ["advance on", "advance to", "advance towards/​toward"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "money paid for work before it has been done or money paid earlier than expected",
            "sensetop": "advance on something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They offered an advance of £5 000 after the signing of the contract."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bank will give you an advance of 95% of the purchase price."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She asked for an advance on her salary.",
                    "contextForm": "advance on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The publishers have paid me an advance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was paid £5 000 as an advance on royalties."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large", "cash"],
                "verb + advance": ["give", "pay", "get"],
                "preposition": ["advance of", "advance on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "attempts to start a sexual relationship with somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had **made advances** to one of his students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She rejected his sexual advances."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["amorous", "sexual"],
                "verb + advances": ["make"],
                "preposition": ["advance to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "an increase in the price or value of something",
            "sensetop": "advance (on something)",
            "labels": "(business)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Share prices showed significant advances."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "before the time that is expected; before something happens",
            "labels": "(formal)(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **week/month/year in advance**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rent is due one month in advance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Thanks in advance** for your help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We try to plan well in advance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would have helped to know in advance that you were coming."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fee is **payable in advance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People were evacuated from the coastal regions in advance of the hurricane."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's cheaper if you book the tickets in advance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll get the agenda in advance of the committee meeting."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "more developed than somebody/something else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Galileo's ideas were well in advance of the age in which he lived."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈvɑːns/",
                "audio": "ad/advance/advance__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ədˈvæns/",
                "audio": "ad/advance/advance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French avance (noun), avancer (verb), from late Latin abante ‘in front’, from ab ‘from’ + ante ‘before’. The initial a- was mistakenly assimilated to ad- in the 16th cent."
}