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advantage

Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/

The English word “advantage” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
  2. Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
  3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
  4. The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
  5. The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
  6. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

verb

  1. to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
  2. to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of

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.

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