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advantage/ədˈvɑːntɪʤ/
▶noun
  • 1 a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favourable position.

    ■ benefit; profit.

  • 2 Tennis a score marking a point interim between deuce and winning the game.
▶verb be of benefit to.

■ (as adj. advantaged) in a favourable social or economic position.
– phrases
take advantage of
  • 1 make unfair use of for one's own benefit.
  • 2 dated seduce.
  • 3 make good use of the opportunities offered by.
to advantage in a way which displays or uses the best aspects.
– derivatives
advantageous /adv(ə)nˈteɪdʒəs/ adjective,
advantageously adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. avantage, from avant ‘in front’, from late L. abante (see advance).



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