advanced
v.v. to move forward or make progress in a plan or a physical direction. You use this when someone moves toward a goal or when a project gets closer to being finished.
v. to move forward in a purposeful manner or to make progress in a specific endeavour. Transitive when moving an object or idea forward; intransitive when describing the subject's own progression.
The soldiers advanced slowly toward the city.
The research team advanced their theory after finding new evidence in the latest lab results.
As the storm front advanced across the plains, the local authorities issued a series of urgent warnings to residents in the direct path of the gale.
From advance + -ed.
When used transitively, it requires a direct object such as an idea, a date, or a physical object.