Advance
Advance verb - To help the growth or development of.
Usage example: great thinkers who did much to advance modern science
Battle
Battle verb - To strive to reduce or eliminate.
Usage example: we must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist
How words are described
| short | short advance | short battle |
| complete | complete advance | complete battle |
| standard | standard advance | standard battle |
| original | original advance | original battle |
| Other adjectives: single, real, large, big, great, main, important, new, major, later, earlier. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly, Ash of Pokémon pulls this one on Misty when he meets up with her between the Advance and Battle Frontier arcs.
Source: Eating the Eye Candy -
The battle background is later reused for the battle with the Bonus Boss of the Gameboy Advance remake, Kaiser Dragon.
Source: Battle Amongst the Flames -
Brutus again overrules Cassius and says they must advance and give battle at Phillipi, rather than bide their time as Cassius suggests, resulting in the battle being lost.
Source: Theatre / Julius Caesar
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