1. Ahead of time; in anticipation
   "when you pay in advance you receive a discount"
   - ahead, beforehand

1. Situated ahead or going before
   - advance, advanced

See also: front

• echoencephalography
• echoey
• echogram
• echography
• echoic
• echoing
• echolalia
• echoless
• echolike
• echolocation
• echovirus
• echt
• Eck
• Eckhart
• eclair
• eclampsia
• eclectic
• eclectic method
• eclectically
• eclecticism
• eclecticist
• eclipse
• eclipsis
• ecliptic
• eclogue