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[ adjective ] farther along in physical or mental development
Examples "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'" "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)But to continue to divorce advanced students from reality is inexcusable . (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)It is convenient to classify a child 's onset ages and completion ages as `` advanced '' , `` moderate '' ( modal ) , or `` delayed '' according_to whether the child 's age equivalent `` dots '' appeared to the left of , upon , or to the right of the appropriate short transverse line . Such classifications may be called `` somewhat advanced '' or `` somewhat delayed '' , as the case may be , reserving `` moderate '' for dots upon or close to the mean . Thus , a child 's Skeletal Age `` dots '' may be classified as `` advanced '' when they appear above the middle curve , `` moderate '' when they appear immediately above or below the middle curve , and `` delayed '' when they appear below the lower curve . In contrast , for the girl the epiphysis was slightly advanced at Onset and delayed at Completion . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] comparatively late in a course of development
Examples "the illness had reached an advanced stage" "an advanced state of exhaustion" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)It speeds muscle growth and power development even for the advanced bodybuilder because each hip and leg is exercised separately , thus enabling a massive , concentrated effort to be focused_on each . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] ahead of the times
Synonyms Examples "the advanced teaching methods" "had advanced views on the subject" "a forward-looking corporation" "is British industry innovative enough?" Used in print (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)On Earth elections continued and a very advanced poet published a limited_edition of verse consisting entirely of punctuation_marks and spaces ; Time_magazine reviewed it and suggested that the Federation_Assembly_Daily_Record should be translated into the medium . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
Examples "an advanced degree" "an advanced text in physics" "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)The basic problem involved is that a college setting_up a graduate_school must have an entirely separate faculty for the advanced degree . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] ahead in development; complex or intricate
Synonyms Examples "advanced technology" "a sophisticated electronic control system" Used in print (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)Now , with virtually every writer , not_only was the European origin of public_law acknowledged as a historical phenomenon , but the rules thus established by the advanced civilizations of Europe were to be imposed on others . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
Examples "advanced societies" "an advanced country technologically" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)Nevertheless , for most_of the population of heterogeneous advanced societies , though less for the less religious portion , religion does perform certain modal individual and social functions . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] far along in time
Synonyms Examples "a man of advanced age" "advanced in years" "a ripe old age" "the ripe age of 90" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)When authorities convicted him of practicing medicine without a license ( he got_off with a suspended sentence of three years because of his advanced age of 77 ) , one of his victims was not around to testify : He was dead of cancer . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] situated ahead or going before
Synonyms Examples "an advance party" "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)Activity by British traders and the presence of a colony on the Red prompted the United_State War_Department in 1819 to send Lieutenant-Colonel_Henry_Leavenworth from Detroit to put a post 300 miles northwest of Prairie_du_Chien , until then the most advanced United_States post . Related terms |
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