ADVERB
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ahead of time; in anticipation
when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount
We like to plan ahead
should have made reservations beforehand
ADJECTIVE
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situated ahead or going before
at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies
an advance party
How To Use in advance In A Sentence
- The 4.8 kilowatts of electricity generated by the system is stored in advanced lead-acid batteries to keep the size and cost of the 250 lb battery pack reasonable.
- The situation is difficult to cope with unless you rehearse in advance some useful strategies.
- Bond really has to work in this movie - he has to set up his cover well in advance and try not to be noticed.
- If the developer has notified the planning authority in advance then the twenty eight day period is extended to four months.
- It has been frequently asked if the existing and accepted formula for determining in advance the amount of refined sugar that may be extracted from either beets, _masse cuite_ or raw sugar, is to be considered exact, without special allowance being made for raffinose. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891
- Iëna then went in advance, and sought the open plain, whereupon the child resembling the mother would cry out and complain, because she disliked an _open_ path. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians
- The airline suggests booking tickets 21 days in advance.
- When making bread with the fermented dough, the dough must be removed from the fridge at least 2 hours in advance, to allow it to prove.
- Bond revenue and special funds like the highway account fueled by the gasoline tax are earmarked in advance.
- I like to map out the whole month in advance.