IN ADVANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in advance mean? 

• IN ADVANCE (adjective)
  The adjective IN ADVANCE has 1 sense:

1. situated ahead or going before

  Familiarity information: IN ADVANCE used as an adjective is very rare.

• IN ADVANCE (adverb)
  The adverb IN ADVANCE has 1 sense:

1. ahead of time; in anticipation

  Familiarity information: IN ADVANCE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN ADVANCE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Situated ahead or going before

Synonyms:

advance; advanced; in advance

Context example:

at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies

Similar:

front (relating to or located in the front)

• IN ADVANCE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ahead of time; in anticipation

Synonyms:

ahead; beforehand; in advance

Context example:

should have made reservations beforehand

 Context examples 

Then I apologize to you in advance.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And on top of that he would have a month's rent paid in advance on the type-writer and on the room.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Heave in! Lively! All hands tail on!” Wolf Larsen shouted, springing himself to the rope in advance of the quickest.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Mercury, your ruler, began to exert its slowdown well in advance of the official date of the onset of its retrograde, October 31.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are having a surgery that you're able to schedule months in advance, your doctor may ask whether you would like to use your own blood, instead of donated blood.

(Blood Transfusion and Donation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

In some cases, you can donate your own bone marrow stem cells in advance.

(Bone Marrow Transplantation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

These scenarios are known well in advance and are carefully monitored by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, which sounded the alert regarding the possibility of a collision.

(NASA Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos, NASA)

A new study demonstrates that patterns of brain activity can predict in advance whether a young mouse will develop Alzheimer's-like memory deficits in old age.

(Predicting Alzheimer's-like memory loss before it strikes, National Science Foundation)

It is a capital mistake to theorize in advance of the facts.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I shall let you have a report before evening, but I warn you in advance that you have little to expect.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)