in advance

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adjective

situated ahead or going before (Freq. 2)

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an advance party

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

• Syn: ↑advance, ↑advanced

• Similar to: ↑front

• Derivationally related forms: ↑advance (for: ↑advance)

II

adverb

ahead of time; in anticipation (Freq. 3)

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when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount

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We like to plan ahead

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should have made reservations beforehand

• Syn: ↑ahead, ↑beforehand

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BEFOREHAND, before, ahead of time, earlier, previously; in readiness.

→ advance

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adverb

: before, ahead, beforehand

the heavy luggage had been sent on in advance

registered for the examination well in advance

: before receiving an equivalent

to pay in advance

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in advance

1. Beforehand

2. In front

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Main Entry: ↑advance

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in advance phrase

if you do something in advance, you do it in preparation for a particular time or event in the future

Details of the meeting had been circulated well in advance.

in advance of:

Parents are sent a reading list a few weeks in advance of the start of the school year.

Thesaurus: before a time or event_synonym

Main entry: advance

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ahead in time

you need to book weeks in advance

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in advance

: before something happens

He knew about the change two weeks in advance. [=two weeks before the change occurred]

There was no way to know in advance [=ahead of time] that these problems would occur.

: before a future event or time

We made reservations in advance.

You should call in advance to make an appointment.

Thank you in advance for your help.

— often + of

They began to make preparations several days in advance of [=before, ahead of] her arrival.

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Main Entry: ↑advance