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1. (n.) advantage
any circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success or a desired end:
the advantages of a good education.
2. advantage
benefit; gain; profit:
It will be to your advantage to study Chinese.
3. advantage
a position of superiority or ascendancy (often fol. by over or of):
It gave him an advantage over his opponent.
4. advantage
the first point in tennis scored after deuce.
5. (v.t.) advantage
to be of service to; yield profit or gain to; benefit.
6. advantage
take advantage of,
7. advantage
to make use of for gain:
to take advantage of an opportunity.
8. advantage
to impose upon, esp. unfairly, as by exploiting a weakness.
9. advantage
to advantage, in such a way as to have worthwhile or beneficial effects.
Etymology: (1300–50; < AF, OF avantage=avant before +-age -age)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) advantage, vantage
the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
"the experience gave him the advantage over me"
2. (noun) advantage
(tennis) first point scored after deuce
3. (verb) advantage, reward
benefit resulting from some event or action
"it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"
4. (verb) advantage
give an advantage to
"This system advantages the rich"
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1. (noun) advantage
≠ disadvantage
We have many advantages over our competitors.
2. advantage
take advantage of sth
to use sth in order to help you
I took advantage of the time and read a book.
3. advantage
a good feature; = benefit
one of the advantages of being a teacher
4. advantage
take advantage of sb
to trick sb
criminals taking advantage of elderly people
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) advantage
any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position
2. (noun) advantage
superiority; mastery; -- with of or over
3. (noun) advantage
superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution
4. (noun) advantage
interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen)
5. (verb) advantage
to give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit
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Sense: (a) gain or benefit
There are several advantages in being self-employed.
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 Afrikaans: voordeel |
 Arabic: فَائِدَه |
 Bulgarian: преимущество |
 Brazilian: vantagem |
 Czech: výhoda |
 German: der Vorteil |
 Danish: fordel |
 Greek: πλεονέκτημα |
 Spanish: ventaja |
 Estonian: eelis |
 Farsi: مزیت؛ فایده |
 Finnish: hyöty |
 French: avantage |
 Hebrew: יִתרוֹן |
 Hindi: बढ़त |
 Croatian: prednost |
 Hungarian: előny |
 Indonesian: keuntungan |
 Icelandic: kostur, hagur |
 Italian: vantaggio |
 Japanese: 利点 |
 Korean: 장점 |
 Lithuanian: privalumas |
 Latvian: priekšrocība; izdevīgums |
 Malay: manfaat |
 Dutch: voordeel |
 Norwegian: fordel, gagn, nytte |
 Polish: korzyść, zaleta |
 Persian: مزیت؛ فایده |
 Pashto: ګټه |
 Portuguese: vantagem |
 Romanian: avantaj |
 Russian: преимущество |
 Slovak: výhoda |
 Slovenian: ugodnost |
 Serbian: prednost |
 Swedish: fördel |
 Thai: ข้อได้เปรียบ; ผลประโยชน์ |
 Turkish: yarar |
 Taiwanese: 優點，優勢 |
 Ukrainian: вигода, користь |
 Urdu: فائدہ |
 Vietnamese: sự thuận lợi |
 Chinese: 优点，有利条件 |
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