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advance
Noun
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If something is in advance of something else, it is before it.
They gave us notice 30 days in advance of closing the factory.
Hotel rooms are often booked up months in advance.
We cannot make the changes without advance notice.
Tickets are $25 dollars at the door. Advance tickets are available from Cal Performances Box Office.
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An advance is a move forward.
The advances in technology will be in the next decade or so.
Despite exciting advances, doctors still have a poor understanding of many diseases.
The army made significant military advances in Iraq.
He improper sexual advances toward her when she was his assistant.
Advances outnumbered declines 1,631 to 1,177 on the .
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An advance is an amount of money given to someone before they normally get it.
The band received a $6 million advance on the new album even before they started recording.
advance
Verb
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If you advance something, you bring or move it forward.
In separate attacks, the Khmer Rouge was advancing toward Siem Reap, 200 miles northwest of Phnom Penh.
After winning 1-0, Morocco has a chance to advance to the second round.
This research advances our understanding of the disease.
The technology has advanced far beyond the early days of computer beeps and fuzzy graphics.
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If you advance someone some money, you pay it to them before they would normally get it.
They advanced her $12,000 against future earnings.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
bid
Noun
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A bid is an offer to enter into a contract to buy something or to do some kind of job.
He amazed the art world with his winning bid of nearly $54 million for Van Gogh's painting, Irises.
The Suns also made a bid for $2.3 million to get Willis from the Bulls.
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A bid is an attempt to do something.
He went back to teaching after his unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988.
She lost her bid at a world record fourth gold medal in swimming.
bid
Verb
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If you bid for something, you offer to enter into a contract to buy it or to do it.
Microsoft bid $44.6 billion to acquire Yahoo.
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If you bid for something, you attempt to do or get it.
Montesinos, decided not to bid for the new position.
They bid on and won a job to build a bank in Marietta, Ohio.
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If you bid someone a good day, evening, etc., you wish it to them in greeting.
She bade farewell to her sister, Fannie, and to other relatives and friends.
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If you bid someone (to) do something, you tell them to do it.
Standing with her back to the open door, she bade him pass.