Noun

(wikipedia material) (en noun)

(senseid)Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.

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(senseid)Text written for a specific purpose.

(senseid)A sample or specimens for study.

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(senseid)Cloth to be made into a garment.

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Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

(senseid)A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.

(senseid)Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)

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The substance that something is made or composed of.

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Noun

(en noun)

A forward move; improvement or progression.

an advance in health or knowledge

an advance in rank or office

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

* Jay

I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances .

* Kent

The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made.

An addition to the price; rise in price or value.

an advance on the prime cost of goods

(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.

* Jonathan Swift

[He] made the like advances to the dissenters.

* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), , chapter 4:

As the sun fell, so did our spirits. I had tried to make advances to the girl again; but she would have none of me, and so I was not only thirsty but otherwise sad and downhearted.