adust
- s dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
a vast desert all adust - s burned brown by the sun
of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott
advance
- n a movement forward
- n a change for the better; progress in development
- n a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
she rejected his advances - n the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- n an amount paid before it is earned
- n increase in price or value
the news caused a general advance on the stock market - v move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- v bring forward for consideration or acceptance
advance an argument - v increase or raise
- v contribute to the progress or growth of
- v cause to move forward
- v obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- v develop in a positive way
- v develop further
- v give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Women tend not to advance in the major law firms - v pay in advance
Can you advance me some money? - v move forward
we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward - v rise in rate or price
- s being ahead of time or need
gave advance warning - s situated ahead or going before
an advance party
at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies
advanced
- v move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- v bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- v increase or raise
- v contribute to the progress or growth of
- v cause to move forward
- v obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- v develop in a positive way
- v develop further
- v give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- v pay in advance
- v move forward
- v rise in rate or price
- s farther along in physical or mental development
the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'
children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average - s comparatively late in a course of development
the illness had reached an advanced stage
an advanced state of exhaustion - s ahead of the times
the advanced teaching methods
had advanced views on the subject - s at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
an advanced degree
an advanced text in physics
special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University - s ahead in development; complex or intricate
advanced technology - s far along in time
a man of advanced age
advanced in years - s (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
advanced societies
an advanced country technologically - s situated ahead or going before
at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies
advancing
- v move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- v bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- v increase or raise
- v contribute to the progress or growth of
- v cause to move forward
- v obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- v develop in a positive way
- v develop further
We are advancing technology every day - v give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- v pay in advance
- v move forward
- v rise in rate or price
- s moving forward
advantageous
- a giving an advantage
a contract advantageous to our country
socially advantageous to entertain often - s appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
adventitious
- s associated by chance and not an integral part
they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character
adventive
- s not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized
an adventive weed
adventuresome
- a willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy
adventurous
- a willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
adventurous pioneers
adverbial
- n a word or group of words function as an adverb
- a of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
adverbial syntax
adversative
- s expressing antithesis or opposition
the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'
adverse
- s contrary to your interests or welfare
adverse circumstances - s in an opposing direction
adverse currents