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English
Etymology
OE. avantage, avauntage, F. avantage, from avant before. See advance, and confer vantage.
Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /ædˈvæn.tɪʤ/
audio|en-us-advantage.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-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.
- Superiority; mastery; — with of or over.
- Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
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tennis The score where one player wins a point after deuce
Translations
trans-top|Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success
Albanian: përfitim
Catalan: avantatge
m
Chinese: 有利的 (yǒulì de); 佔有優勢的,
å 有优势的 (zhà nyÇ’u yÅushì de)
Czech: výhoda
f
Danish: fordel c
Finnish: etu
French: avantage m
German: Vorteil m
Japanese:
å¾— (toku)
trans-mid
Nahuatl: teinellili
Portuguese: vantagem f
Russian:
преимущеÑтво (preimúšÄestvo)
n
Spanish: ventaja f
Turkish: avantaj
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trans-top|Superiority; mastery
Albanian: epërsi
Catalan: avantatge m
Chinese:
佔有優勢的, å 有优势的 (zhà nyÇ’u yÅushì
de)
Danish: fortrin n
trans-mid
Finnish: yliote
French: avantage
Russian:
превоÑходÑтво (prevosxódstvo)
n
Spanish: ventaja f
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trans-top|Superiority of state, or that which gives it
Albanian: epërsi
Catalan: benefici m
Chinese:
佔有優勢的, å 有优势的 (zhà nyÇ’u yÅushì
de)
Danish: nytte c
French: avantage m
German: Vorzug m
trans-mid
Japanese:
å¾— (toku)
Portuguese: benefÃcio m
Spanish: beneficio m
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trans-top|The score where one player wins a point after deuce
Albanian: avantazh
Danish: fordel c
Finnish: etu
trans-mid
German: Vorteil m
Turkish: avantaj
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Dutch: voordeel n
ttbc|Esperanto: avantaÄo
ttbc|Hebrew:
יתרון (y'taron) m
ttbc|Hungarian: előny
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ttbc|Ido:
avantajo
ttbc|Italian: vantaggio
ttbc|Japanese: 優ä½, 有利 (ゆã†ã„,
yūi)
ttbc|Telugu:
à°ªà±à°°à°¯à±‹à°œà°¨à°‚ (prayOjanam)
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Derived terms
advantage ground - vantage ground.
have the advantage of (any one), to have a personal knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge. You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to have had the honor.
take advantage (of), to profit by; (often used in a bad sense) to overreach, to outwit.
see|Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
Synonyms
advantageous, benefit, beneficial.
Antonyms
disadvantage
Category:Positive words
Verb
en-verb|advantag|ing
- To provide with an advantage.
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