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Definition of Advantage

1. Noun. The quality of having a superior or more favorable position. "The experience gave him the advantage over me"

2. Verb. Give an advantage to. "This system advantages the rich"

3. Noun. (tennis) first point scored after deuce.

4. Noun. Benefit resulting from some event or action. "Reaping the rewards of generosity"

Definition of Advantage

1. n. 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. v. t. To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.

Definition of Advantage

1. Noun. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end. ¹

2. Noun. Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party. ¹

3. Noun. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution. ¹

4. Noun. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next too to carry the game. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

6. Verb. (reflexive) To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage (term of). (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Advantage

1. [v -TAGED, -TAGING, -TAGES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Advantage

advanced toroidal facility advanced traffic management advanced train control system advancedness advancement advancement flap advancemente advancementes advancements advancer

advancers advances advancing advancingly advancive advantage (current term) advantageable advantaged advantageous advantageously

advantageousness advantages advantaging advaunc'd advaunce advaunced advauncement advauncemente advauncer advaunces

Literary usage of Advantage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"ONE advantage claimed for the use of a movable circle is, that it tends to eliminate the effect of graduation errors. This effect will not be entirely ..."

2. Bulletin by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (1921)
"THE advantage OF LAKE TRANSPORTATION Points on the lake shore offered settlers the great advantage of water transportation. The Erie Canal, connecting the ..."

3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... and urgo us to yield to considerations of your advantage, we too must explain what is expedient for us, and ко endeavor to ..."

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