adiantar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- advance verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
- avail verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
- hasten verb To move or act quickly, or to make something happen sooner.
- predate verb To give something an earlier date than the true one, or move it to an earlier time.
Senses
adiantar is used for these senses in English:
- advance To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. [from 16th c.]
- avail (intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
- hasten (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
- move forward (transitive, figurative) To cause to make progress.
- put forward (idiomatic, transitive) To change the time in a time zone to a later time.
advance — full definition
- verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
- verb To give money before it is normally due.
- noun Forward movement or progress, or money paid before it is due.
- adj Happening or done ahead of time.
avail — full definition
- verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
- noun Use or benefit, especially in the phrase "to no avail," meaning without success.
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