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advantage
[ ad-van-tij, -vahn- ]
noun
- any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end:
the advantage of a good education.
- benefit; gain; profit:
It will be to his advantage to learn Chinese before going to China.
- superiority or ascendancy (often followed by over or of ):
His height gave him an advantage over his opponent.
- a position of superiority (often followed by over or of ):
their advantage in experienced players.
- Tennis. the first point scored after deuce.
verb (used with object)
- to be of service to; yield profit or gain to; benefit.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to cause to advance; further; promote:
Such action will advantage our cause.
- to prove beneficial to; profit:
It would advantage him to work harder.
advantage
/ əˈɑːԳɪ /
noun
- often foll byover or of superior or more favourable position or power
he had an advantage over me because of his experience
- benefit or profit (esp in the phrase to one's advantage )
- tennis
- the point scored after deuce
- the resulting state of the score
- take advantage of
- to make good use of
- to impose upon the weakness, good nature, etc, of; abuse
- to seduce
- to advantageto good effect
he used his height to advantage at the game
- you have the advantage of meyou know me but I do not know you
Word History and Origins
Origin of advantage1
Word History and Origins
Origin of advantage1
Idioms and Phrases
- have the advantage of, to be in a superior or advantageous position; possess an advantage over:
By virtue of independent wealth, he has the advantage of his opponents.
- take advantage of,
- to make use of for gain:
to take advantage of an opportunity.
- to impose upon, especially unfairly, as by exploiting a weakness:
to take advantage of someone.
- to advantage, to good effect; advantageously:
The paintings were arranged to advantage on one wall.
More idioms and phrases containing advantage
see get the advantage of ; show to advantage ; take advantage of ; to advantage .Example Sentences
The Oilers had the stronger opening 20 minutes, during which they took the first 11 shots, building a 19-4 advantage for the period.
Despite that, Xi knows that Chinese manufacturers are at a decades-long advantage, so that US manufacturers are struggling to find the same scale of infrastructure and skilled labour elsewhere.
He faces sentencing enhancements alleging that he took advantage of a position of trust, preyed on particularly vulnerable victims and committed the crimes with planning and sophistication.
He was accused of giving Oricom the "heads up" with information to give them a "commercial advantage" to secure business.
"You could ironically say that not being so dependent on the US now is an advantage for us compared to maybe companies that are more American," he said, a remark pointing to its rival, Nike.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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