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{{also|Avanti}}
==Italian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|it|avante||obsolete|poetic}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|it|LL.|ab ante}}.<ref>Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951</ref>

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|avànti}}

===Adjective===
{{it-adj|inv=1}}

# {{lb|it|dated|of time units|follows noun}} [[previous]], [[prior]], [[last]]
#: {{uxi|it|La settimana '''avanti'''.|'''Last''' week.}}

===Adverb===
{{it-adv}}

# [[forward]], [[ahead]], [[onward]]
#* {{quote-text|it|year=1321|author=w:Dante Alighieri|title=[[w:Inferno (Dante)|La divina commedia: Inferno]]|publisher=Le Monnier|year_published=1994|section=Canto XXI, p. 321 vv. 91-93
|passage=Per ch'io mi mossi e a lui venni ratto, ¶ e i diavoli si fecer tutti '''avanti''', ¶ sì ch'io temetti ch'ei tenesser patto; [...]|t=Wherefore I started and came swiftly to him, ¶ and all the devils '''forward''' thrust themselves, ¶ so that I feared they would not keep their compact; [...]}}
# {{lb|it|dated|rare}} [[before]], [[ere]] {{qualifier|followed by [[di]] or [[che]]}}
#: {{uxi|it|Deve pensare molto '''avanti di''' decidere.|He needs to think a lot '''before''' deciding.}}
#* {{quote-text|it|year=1321|author=w:Dante Alighieri|title=[[w:Inferno (Dante)|La divina commedia: Inferno]]|publisher=Le Monnier|year_published=1994|section=Canto III, p. 45 vv. 118-120
|passage=Così sen vanno su per l'onda bruna, ¶ e '''avanti che''' sien di là discese, ¶ anche di qua nuova schiera s'auna.|t=So they depart across the dusky wave, ¶ and '''ere''' upon the other side they land ¶ again on this side a new troop assembles.}}
# {{lb|it|dated|rare}} [[rather than]] {{qualifier|followed by [[che]]}}
#: {{uxi|it|Vorrei morire '''avanti che''' commettere una simile azione.|I'd '''rather''' die '''than''' doing such a thing.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|it|d'ora in avanti|t=from now on}}
* {{l|it|avantieri}} / {{l|it|avant'ieri|t=day before yesterday}}

===Interjection===
{{head|it|interjection}}

# [[come in]]!
# [[come on]]! {{qualifier|expressing encouragement}}
# [[go on]]!
# [[next]]

===Preposition===
{{head|it|preposition}}

# {{lb|it|dated|rare}} [[before]], [[in front of]] (a place) {{qualifier|may or may not be followed by [[a]]}}
#: {{syn|it|q1=all more common|davanti|dinanzi|innanzi}}
#: {{uxi|it|'''Avanti a''' lui.|'''In front of''' him.}}
#: {{uxi|it|'''Avanti''' casa.|'''In front of''' the house.}}
# {{lb|it|dated}} before (in time)
#: {{syn|it|prima|q1=more common|innanzi|q2=rare}}
#: {{uxi|it|'''Avanti''' l'alba.|'''Before''' dawn.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|it|avanti Cristo|t=before Christ}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{lb|it|soccer|rugby|water polo}} [[player]] whose main objective is [[scoring]] points; [[forward]]

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{R:it:Collins}}
* {{R:it:DiPI}}
* {{R:it:Hoepli}}
* {{R:it:Garzanti}}
* {{R:it:Olivetti}}
* {{R:it:Sapere}}
* {{R:it:Treccani}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=aaintv|avinta|nativa|vanati|vanita|vanità|vantai|vinata}}

{{cln|it|terms with unexpected vowel outcomes}}