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Advantage
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- 1 Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end. countable
"The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position."
- 2 benefit resulting from some event or action wordnet
- 3 Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Lest Satan should get an advantage of us."
- 4 the quality of having a superior or more favorable position wordnet
- 5 Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit countable, uncountable
"the advantage of a good constitution"
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- 6 (tennis) first point scored after deuce wordnet
- 7 The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game. countable, uncountable
- 8 The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position. countable, uncountable
"Webb played an advantage that enabled Cazorla to supply a low cross from the left for Giroud to sweep home first time, despite Gallas and Vertonghen being in close attendance."
- 9 Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen). countable, uncountable
"And with advantage means to pay thy love."
- 1 to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to transitive
"I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe."
- 2 give an advantage to wordnet
- 3 to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of reflexive
"No man of courage vouchsafeth to advantage himselfe [translating s'avantager] of that which is common unto many."
Etymology
From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d originates in a latinizing hypercorrection, the a- being falsely supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.
From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d originates in a latinizing hypercorrection, the a- being falsely supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.
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