Definition of advancing

"advancing" in the verb sense

1. advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on

move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

"Time marches on"

2. advance, throw out

bring forward for consideration or acceptance

"advance an argument"

3. boost, advance, supercharge

increase or raise

"boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"

4. promote, advance, boost, further, encourage

contribute to the progress or growth of

"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

5. advance, bring forward

cause to move forward

"Can you move the car seat forward?"

6. gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground

obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

"The home team was gaining ground"

"After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

"win points"

7. progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up

develop in a positive way

"He progressed well in school"

"My plants are coming along"

"Plans are shaping up"

8. advance

develop further

"We are advancing technology every day"

9. promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate

give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

"John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"

"Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"

"I got promoted after many years of hard work"

10. advance

pay in advance

"Can you advance me some money?"

11. advance, set ahead

move forward

"we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"

12. advance, gain

rise in rate or price

"The stock market gained 24 points today"

"advancing" in the adjective sense

1. advancing, forward, forward-moving

moving forward

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Quotations for advancing

Toss'd on a sea of troubles, soul, my soul,
Thyself do thou control;
And to the weapons of advancing foes
A stubborn breast oppose. [ Archilochus ]

Now morn her rosy steps in th' eastern clime,
Advancing, sowed the earth with orient pearl. [ Milton ]

Midnight! the outpost of advancing day! The frontier town and citadel of night! [ Longfellow ]

Slumber not in the tents of your fathers! The world is advancing. Advance with it! [ Mazzini ]

A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end, than a fluttering way of advancing by starts. [ L'Estrange ]

Do you count your birthdays thankfully? forgive your friends? grow gentler and better with advancing age? [ Horace ]

He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting softer, whose blood warmer, whose brain quicker, and whose spirit is entering into living peace. [ John Ruskin ]

advancing in Scrabble®

The word advancing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters advancing:

ADVANCING
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

dancing

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word advancing

ADVANCING
(171)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In advancing

ADVANCING
(171)
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(153)
ADVANCING
(114)
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advancing in Words With Friends™

The word advancing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters advancing:

ADVANCING
(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

dancing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word advancing

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(279)
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(174)
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(138)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In advancing

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(279)
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(174)
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(138)
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(99)
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Words within the letters of advancing

2 letter words in advancing (7 words)

3 letter words in advancing (12 words)

4 letter words in advancing (9 words)

5 letter words in advancing (9 words)

6 letter words in advancing (5 words)

7 letter words in advancing (1 word)

9 letter words in advancing (1 word)

advancing + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence advancing

Words that start with advancing (1 word)

Words with advancing in them (1 word)

Words that end with advancing (4 words)

Word Growth involving advancing

Shorter words in advancing

ad

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Longer words containing advancing

counteradvancing

selfadvancing

unadvancing