·adj In the van or front.
II. Advanced ·adj Far on in life or time.
III. Advanced ·Impf & ·p.p. of Advance.
IV. Advanced ·adj In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.
A spot of ground seized by a party to secure their front. A piquet or outpost. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
One on the look-out. ♦ Advance, or vanguard, that division of a force which is next the enemy, or ...