advantage
/ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/ noun, verb
Forms advantages advantaging advantaged advauntage
- noun (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end. “The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.”
- noun (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
- noun (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit “the advantage of a good constitution”
- noun (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
- noun (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
- noun Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
- verb (transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
- verb (reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
Synonyms
edge vantage plus benefit perk upside pro foredeal ad favor favorise reward
Antonyms
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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun Superiority; mastery; --with of or over.
- verb To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.
Etymology [OE. avantage, avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See Advance, and cf. Vantage.]
Etymology [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See Advance.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “advantage”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details