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• advanced in years — literary phrase used for saying that someone is old Thesaurus: old of peoplesynonym old of thingshyponym Main entry: advanced …   Useful english dictionary

• advanced in years — index elderly, old Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• advanced in years — в возрасте Parsons was well advanced in years when he started his new business …   Idioms and examples

• advanced in years — old, elderly, senior …   English contemporary dictionary

• advanced in years — literary used for saying that someone is old …   English dictionary

• Advanced — Ad*vanced , a. 1. In the van or front. [1913 Webster] 2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers. [1913 Webster] 3. Far on in life or time. [1913 Webster] A gentleman advanced in years …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Advanced guard — Advanced Ad*vanced , a. 1. In the van or front. [1913 Webster] 2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers. [1913 Webster] 3. Far on in life or time. [1913 Webster] A gentleman advanced …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• advanced — adjective 1. farther along in physical or mental development (Freq. 5) the child s skeletal age was classified as advanced children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average • Similar to: ↑precocious 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• advanced — Synonyms and related words: a bit previous, a la mode, advanced in life, advanced in years, adventurous, aged, along in years, ameliorated, ancient, avant garde, beautified, bettered, broad, broad minded, civilized, contemporary, converted,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• advanced — ad|vanced [ əd vænst ] adjective *** 1. ) based on the most recent methods or ideas: advanced technology an advanced communications system a ) an advanced society uses the most recent technology or ideas: advanced nations 2. ) at a high academic… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• advanced */*/*/ — UK [ədˈvɑːnst] / US [ədˈvænst] adjective 1) a) based on the most recent methods or ideas advanced technology an advanced communications system b) an advanced society uses the most recent technology or ideas advanced nations 2) a) at a high… …   English dictionary