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Is advance a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word advance is a Scrabble US word. The word advance is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is advance a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word advance is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Yes. The word advance is a Words With Friends word. The word advance is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

ADVANCE,

5-letter words (9 found)

ACNED,CAAED,CANED,CAVED,DANCE,DAVEN,DECAN,VANDA,VANED,

4-letter words (17 found)

ACED,ACNE,ANCE,CADE,CANE,CAVA,CAVE,DACE,DEAN,DEVA,ECAD,NADA,NAVE,VADE,VANE,VENA,VEND,

3-letter words (21 found)

ACE,ANA,AND,ANE,AVA,AVE,CAA,CAD,CAN,DAE,DAN,DEN,DEV,EAN,END,NAE,NAV,NED,VAC,VAE,VAN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AD,AE,AN,DA,DE,EA,ED,EN,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 60 words from advance according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of advance

advance

Alternative forms

  • advaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈvɑːns/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ədˈvæns/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ədˈvaːns/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːns, -æns

Verb

advance (third-person singular simple present advances, present participle advancing, simple past and past participle advanced)

  1. To promote or advantage.
    1. To help the progress of (something); to further. [from 12th c.]
    2. To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]
  2. To move forward in space or time.
    1. To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully. [from 14th c.]
    2. To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. [form 15th c.]
    3. (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach. [from 16th c.]
      • 1829, Marchioness of Lemington, Rosina, or the Virtuous Country Maid, Ninth ed.:
        I advanced towards him step by step, stopping sometimes for fear of waking him.
    4. To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. [from 16th c.]
    5. To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose. [from 16th c.]
    6. (intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed. [from 16th c.]
    7. (intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion. [from 16th c.]
  3. To raise, be raised.
    1. (transitive, now archaic) To raise; to lift or elevate. [from 14th c.]
    2. To raise or increase (a price, rate). [from 14th c.]
    3. To increase (a number or amount). [from 16th c.]
    4. (intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

  • raise, elevate, exalt, aggrandize, improve, heighten, accelerate, allege, adduce, assign

Antonyms

  • regress
  • retract (in phonetics)
  • retreat

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Noun

advance (plural advances)

  1. A forward move; improvement or progression.
  2. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
  3. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
  4. (often in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "forward move"): regress, regression

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Adjective

advance (comparative more advance, superlative most advance)

  1. Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
  2. Preceding.
  3. Forward.

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Source: wiktionary.org