(n) fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

(n) native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits

(n) the act of moving forward toward a goal

(n) increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"

(n) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"

(n) a change for the better; progress in development

(n) a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops"

(n) an amount paid before it is earned

(v) rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"

(v) develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

(v) increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"

(v) develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"

(v) bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"

(v) 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"

(v) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

(v) cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?"

(v) move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"

(v) pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?"

(v) 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"

(v) contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

(r) at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead"; "the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"; "with the cross of Jesus marching on before"

(r) 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"

(r) in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"

(r) leading or ahead in a competition; "the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch"; "ahead by two pawns"; "our candidate is in the lead in the polls"; "way out front in the race"; "the advertising campaign put them out front in sales"

(r) to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future); "moved the appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday"; "pushed the deadline ahead from Tuesday to Wednesday"

(r) to a more advanced or advantageous position; "a young man sure to get ahead"; "pushing talented students ahead"

(r) toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"

(n) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

(n) a public promotion of some product or service

(n) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

(n) a lawyer who pleads cases in court

(v) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

(v) push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

(v) select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"

(v) attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

(v) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

(v) attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

(v) transfer one's right to

(v) give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"

(v) make undue claims to having

(v) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

(n) the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the compan

(n) the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"

(n) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

(n) a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"

(n) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"

(n) (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

(n) celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox church