The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.
In fact, these kinds of advances helped give religion another huge window of opportunity for racial reconciliation in the 1960s.
Clearly, the advances were not reciprocated but Williams “continued to talk about sucking dick.”
Throughout the 1990s, advances in chemistry led the materials solidify more quickly, thus making 3D printing more useful.
In the last few days U.S. airstrikes have slowed the ISIS advances, but not enough.
He repulsed the advances of neighbors, and became what Robert called him—a miser.
He then takes leave of his followers, one by one, and advances alone to attack the dragon.
We must hold that to be no crime which advances our common objects.
While Calderon gains ground with the prince, Uzeda advances with the king.
I shall repay the—hum—the advances I have had from you, sir, with peculiar pleasure.
c.1300, "boasting, ostentation," from advance (v.). Early 15c. as "advancement in rank, wealth, etc." Advances "amorous overtures" is from 1706.
mid-13c., avauncen, transitive, "improve (something), further the development of," from Old French avancier "move forward" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *abanteare (source of Italian avanzare, Spanish avanzar), from Late Latin abante "from before," composed of ab- "from" (see ab-) + ante "before, in front of, against" (see ante).
The -d- was inserted 16c. on mistaken notion that initial a- was from Latin ad-. From c.1300 as "to promote;" intransitive sense is mid-14c., "move forward." Meaning "to give money before it is legally due" is first attested 1670s. Related: Advanced; advancing. The adjective (in advance warning, etc.) is recorded from 1843.
