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ADVANCING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moving forward
Synonyms:
advancing; forward; forward-moving
Classified under:
Similar:
progressive (favoring or promoting progress)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb advance
Context examples:
The development of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques has been rapidly advancing in recent years and has begun impacting our lives in various ways.
(Neuromorphic Metallic Nanowire Network Shows Human Brain-Like Functions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
If you don’t succeed in advancing a home or family matter on December 15, try again on December 30.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
These usually occur after puberty and increase in incidence with advancing age.
(Choroid Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
There was a policeman not far off, advancing with his bull’s eye open; and at the sight, I thought my visitor started and made greater haste.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Eleanor's countenance was dejected, yet sedate; and its composure spoke her inured to all the gloomy objects to which they were advancing.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
While they talked, they were advancing towards the carriage; it was ready; and, before she could speak again, he had handed her in.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
An affection so amiable was advancing each in the opinion of all who had hearts to value anything good.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Hearing a cautious step behind me, I glanced over my shoulder: one of the strangers—a gentleman, evidently—was advancing up the chancel.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He was slowly advancing in a peculiarly menacing way, but he stopped now and put his big hands into the side-pockets of a rather boyish short jacket which he wore.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"May I come in, please? Or shall I be a bother?" he asked, advancing slowly.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
