advantage
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avant Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Old French avantagebor. Middle English avantage English advantage 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.
Definitions
Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to…
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.
- Give me advantage of some brief discourse.
- the advantages of a close alliance
Superiority
Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
- Lest Satan should get an advantage of us.
Superiority of state, or that which gives it
Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
- the advantage of a good constitution
- Having the faster car is of little advantage.
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The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the…
The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
- Webb played an advantage that enabled Cazorla to supply a low cross from the left for Giroud to sweep home first time, despite Gallas and Vertonghen being in close attendance.
Interest of money
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
- And with advantage means to pay thy love.
to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
to do something for one's own benefit
to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
- No man of courage vouchsafeth to advantage himselfe [translating s'avantager] of that which is common unto many.
The neighborhood
- synonymfavor
- synonymfavorise
- synonymbenefit
- antonymdisadvantage
- antonymdrawback
- neighboradvance
- neighborvantage
Derived
absolute advantage, advantage gambling, advantage ground, advantageous, advantageously, advantageousness, advantage play, advantage player, comparative advantage, competitive advantage, counteradvantage, have the advantage, have the advantage of someone, home advantage, home field advantage, house advantage, man advantage, mechanical advantage, one-man advantage, overadvantage, play the advantage, rest of advantage, selective advantage, take advantage, take advantage of, take at advantage, to one's advantage, two-man advantage, underadvantage, advantageable
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at advantage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at advantage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at advantage
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA