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/avɑ̃s/
Translation
advance, lead; early
Word origin
A deverbal noun from avancer ('to advance'), from Vulgar Latin abantiare, from Late Latin abante ('before, in front'), from ab ('from') and ante ('before').
- Origin
- Vulgar Latin
- Root
- abantiare
- English cognates
- advance, vanguard
Grammar
Examples
Réservez l' '.
Book in advance to get the best hotel prices.
classement.
Our team has a ten-point lead over second place in the standings.
' confortablement .
He arrived early and was able to settle in comfortably before the start.
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My watch is five minutes fast.
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Thanks in advance for your quick reply.
est un nom feminin designant l'action d'aller en avant (advance, lead) ou une somme versee par anticipation. En avance (early, ahead of schedule) s'oppose a en retard (late). A l'avance (in advance, beforehand) est une locution adverbiale tres frequente dans la planification.
Prendre de l'avance (to get ahead, to build up a lead) et perdre son avance (to lose one's lead) sont des expressions de progression relative. Avances au pluriel peut aussi designer les avances amoureuses (romantic advances). Avancer est le verbe correspondant.
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