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ad·van·tage (ad vant′ij, əd-)

noun

  1. a more favorable position; superiority: often with of or over
  2. a favorable or beneficial circumstance, event, etc.
  3. gain or benefit
  4. Tennis the first point scored after deuce

Etymology: ME avantage, avauntage < OFr avantage < avant, before < L ab- + ante: see advance

transitive verb advantaged -·taged, advantaging -·tag·ing

to give an advantage to; be a benefit or aid to
advantage Idioms

have the advantage of

to have an advantage over

take advantage of

  1. to make use of for one's own benefit
  2. to impose upon in a selfish way

to advantage

so as to result in a good effect
advantage Synonyms

advantage

n.

  1. Preferred condition or circumstance

    luck, favor, approval, help, aid, sanction, leeway, good, patronage, support, preference, choice, odds, protection, start, leg up, helping hand, upper hand, leverage, purchase, hold, favoring circumstance, dominating position, favorable opportunity, superior situation, best estate, vantage, ground, play point, pull*, edge*, ace in the hole*, whip hand*, card up one's sleeve*, drop*, jump*. *

    Antonyms handicap, disadvantage*, drawback. *

  2. The result of having an advantage, sense 1

    dominance, superiority, supremacy, lead, influence, vantage, upper hand, power, resources, wealth, mastery, profit, gain, authority, prestige, recognition, position, eminence, preeminence, primacy, hold, sway, precedence, ascendancy, prevalence.

    Antonyms failure*, hindrance*, impotence. *

  3. Benefit

    good, gain, benefit, profit, welfare, avail, interest, expediency, improvement, return, behalf, account, sake, worth, comfort, gratification, convenience, help, utility, use, success, emolument, windfall, satisfaction, consolation, enjoyment, pleasure, solace, bounty, favor, boon, weal, blessing, service, compensation, asset, prize, mileage*.

    Antonyms misfortune*, calamity*, catastrophe.

have the advantage of

be superior, have the opportunity, be privileged; see succeed 1.

take advantage of

  1. To make use of

    avail oneself of, profit by, make the most of; see use 1.

  2. To make unfair use of

    impose upon, exploit, abuse; see abuse 1, deceive.

to advantage

successfully, advantageously, well; see helpfully.

advantage Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • opportunity: Aims To equip the workforce with the skills to take advantage of opportunities in related areas of the labor market.
  • discount: Being affiliated to the AAA, Club members can take advantage of discounts at these events.
  • flexibility: This method has the advantage of flexibility since each partner's policy is at his own disposal.
  • technology: Summary: The entire process is designed to be quick and easy and to take advantage of Internet technology.

Converse of object

  • take: In the last, I ended up taking advantage of her boast to the front.
  • gain: Research new technologies to gain advantages over the other players.
  • have: The croft has the advantage of lots of space with large areas for children to play.
  • confer: Athene confers the advantages of these methods without requiring any mathematical knowledge.
  • offer: Direct mail also offers advantages which Web-based marketing can not provide.
  • enjoy: The military balance in which India enjoys advantages over Pakistan in most areas of conventional defense preparedness remains the same.

Adjective modifier

  • competitive: How is this going to be a good competitive advantage for AMD's strategy?
  • added: White flowers often have the added advantage of being scented.
  • distinct: The ability to build a mean snow man is a distinct advantage!
  • unfair: People who use the welfare system in this way allegedly take unfair advantage of their fellow citizens.
  • comparative: The factors which produced comparative advantage in one period can evaporate or move to another location in the next.
  • full: Full advantage was taken here of the novice whistle blowing!

Preposition: over

  • competitor: Big companies, for example, can use expensive financial and demographic data to buy substantial advantages over smaller competitors.

Noun used with modifier

  • tax: There must be broader regional tax advantages to stimulate development in Northern Ireland.
  • survival: Analysis indicated a survival advantage for HU over BUS.
  • dis: There are lots of best dfw Loans and on line calculate a finance loans top specifics, each has edges and dis advantages.
advantage Quotes

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

—Butler, Samuel

Writers are much more esteemed in Russia, they playa much larger part in society thantheydo in theWest.The advantage of not being free is that people listen to you.

—Snow, C(harles) P(ercy), 1st Baron

The advantage of time and place in practical actions is half the victory; which being lost is irrecoverable.

—Drake, Sir Francis

It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to makethantobuy.Thetaylordoesnot attempttomakehis ownshoe†All ofthemfind itfor their interestto employ their whole industry in a way in which they have some advantage over their neighbours and to purchase with a part of its produce†whatever else they have occasion for† What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom† Would it be a reasonable law to prohibit the importation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and burgundy in Scotland?

—Smith, Adam

Many times†I had heard the military take positions which, if wrong, had the advantage that no one would be around at the end to know.

—Kennedy, Robert F(rancis)

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended. It combines the best features of that primitive form of cricket known asTip-and-Run with those of lawn tennis, Puss-in-the-corner and Handel's Messiah.

—Shaw, George Bernard

But the essential advantage for a poet†is to be able to see beneath both beauty and ugliness; to see the boredom, and the horror, and the glory.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

—Shaw, George Bernard

Many girls have not the advantage I have and I [am] very very glad that satan has not geven me boils and many other Misfortunes.

—Fleming, Marjory

Men have everyadvantage of us in telling their story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands.

—Austen,Jane

Each of us can, by ployorgambit, most naturally gain the advantage.

—Potter, Stephen

It is easyöterribly easyöto shake a man's faith in himself.Totakeadvantage ofthattobreak a man'sspirit is devil's work.

—Shaw, George Bernard