v corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
adulterate liquor
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