advantage
IPA: ædvˈæntɪdʒ
noun
- (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
- (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
- (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
- (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
- (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
- 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
- (reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
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Examples of "advantage" in Sentences
- The advantage is the directness.
- One advantage of this car is fastness.
- They took an advantage of their kinship.
- This can be advantageous to the concept.
- These are the advantages of being bilingual.
- Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages
- The advantage geographical position of the country.
- The advantage of laserlight is that it is monochromatic.
- The advantage of erotic love is the sentimentality of it.
- A second advantage is the responsiveness of the algorithm.
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