advanced

Advanced is a term that can be used as adjective or as noun. The concept derives from advance, a verb which refers to moving forward, rushing, taking the lead or getting ahead.

The notion of advance, in this way, is usually used to qualify the one who presents features uncommon in these times, since they are usually later. For example: "This boy is a forward: at 16, he plays with the maturity of the most experienced professionals on the team", "The Romanian writer was a forerunner of the romantic movement", "The critics were not prepared for an advanced artist like him and that is why they did not know how to value him".

Advance is also what is carried out prior to weather or what is advanced: "I have already left work in advance so that I can take next week's vacation", "The procedures are advanced: in a few days we will receive the credit", "The insurer offers a 20% discount to those who opt for the annual advance payment".

In the football, a player is ahead when he is in offside position (i.e. when offside): "The Chilean forward was ahead and the judge didn't see him!", "I didn't pass the ball to you because you were ahead", "Offside: number seven was ahead".

In ancient times, on the other hand, an advance was a political and military authority who worked in a territory borderline or representing a monarch. It was generally distinguished between the advance major, the advance major of cuts and the advance of the sea.

In addition to all the above, we cannot ignore the fact that there is also what is known as “El Adelantado de Segovia”. It is a Spanish newspaper that is produced and published, as its title indicates, in the city of Segovia.

It has its origin in the first bars of the 20th century and is still in force today. It should not be overlooked that it has the honor of having been the first newspaper in the autonomous community of Castilla y León to have its digital version. Specifically, this is something he accomplished in 1996.

Among the most important characters who appeared in that medium and who left their signature stand out some as famous as the poet Antonio Machado, the writer Miguel Delibes or the author and politician Mario Quintanilla, among others.

Of course, the origin of this newspaper is found in the one that came to be called "El Adelantado", which came out on the streets for the first time in 1880 and was headed by Antonio Ochoa. It was published weekly and revolved around issues that concerned the aforementioned city in all aspects. However, years later it was acquired to give shape to the aforementioned newspaper by Rufino Cano de Rueda who, at first, tried to merge it with “Diario de Avisos de Segovia”.

In addition, we cannot ignore that there is a village that responds to the name of the village of El Adelantado, which belongs to the Cordovan municipality of Iznájar.