In advance
In advance adverb - Ahead of time; in anticipation.
This time and in advance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "This time" instead an adverb phrase "In advance".
This time
In advance and this time are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In advance" instead an adverb phrase "This time".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- back and in advance
- back and this time
- in anticipation and in advance
- in anticipation and this time
- then and in advance
- then and this time
- before and in advance
- before and this time
- earlier and in advance
- earlier and this time
- previously and in advance
- previously and this time
- long ago and in advance
- long ago and this time
Both terms in one sentence
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Similarly, "Hungry Hungry Homer" has Homer visited by the ghost of Cesar Chavez, but this time Chavez knew in advance that Homer would not recognize him, so he instead took the form of Cesar Romero.
Source: Recognition Failure -
Staying Alive:Justified in advance with a scene involving Tokimi that shows that Eternals rarely truly die even when killed (yes, really, not a metaphor this time) due to the abilities of their swords.
Source: Visual Novel / Eien no Aselia -
Done in The Assets, this time deliberately by the KGB, because they want the CIA to think they caught their agent and The Mole at the dead drop, when in reality they knew in advance thanks to their CIA mole, Aldrich Ames.
Source: Incredibly Obvious Tail
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