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Advantage   /ædvˈæntɪdʒ/  /ədvˈæntɪdʒ/  /ædvˈænɪdʒ/  /ədvˈænədʒ/   Listen
Advantage

noun
1.
The quality of having a superior or more favorable position.  Synonym: vantage.  Antonym: disadvantage.
2.
(tennis) first point scored after deuce.
3.
Benefit resulting from some event or action.  Synonym: reward.  "Reaping the rewards of generosity"  Antonym: penalty.
verb
(past & past part. advantaged; pres. part. advantaging)
1.
Give an advantage to.  Antonym: disadvantage.



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"Advantage" Quotes from Famous Books



... was a man about sixty-three, with considerable external dignity of appearance, though without any personal advantage, either in face, figure, or manner. He had been an earl, with a large income, for thirty years; and in that time he had learned to look collected, even when his ideas were confused; to keep his eye steady, and to make a few words go a long way. He had never been ...
— The Kellys and the O'Kellys • Anthony Trollope
... cheerful way, "you lawyers have the advantage of us knights of the pill box and lancet. Rain or shine, sick or well, we must travel round ...
— The Allen House - or Twenty Years Ago and Now • T. S. Arthur
... grant a cessation, should it seem expedient, and had been given a letter from Secretary Jenkins to Lord Baltimore, requiring the cooeperation of Maryland.[942] But, upon finding the colony in peace and quiet, and the Assembly busy with other concerns, he "took advantage thereof", and kept secret this unexpected concession. Culpeper pretended to believe that the desired cessation would be of no real benefit to the planters, but it is clear that he was consciously betraying the colony to the greed of the royal Exchequer.[943] "I soe encouraged the ...
— Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 • Thomas J. Wertenbaker
... send a messenger to Jamestown to fetch him back. She knew well that she was far better fitted than any white man to follow swiftly and surely the way her child had gone. It might be, since the thief had several hours' advantage, that it would be days before she could catch up with him; but if it took years and she had to journey to the end of the world she would not falter nor turn back ...
— The Princess Pocahontas • Virginia Watson
... great advantage over Martin, in that he always hoped to see Miss Cunegonde; whereas Martin had nothing at all to hope. Besides, Candide was possessed of money and jewels, and though he had lost one hundred large red sheep, laden with the greatest treasure ...
— Candide • Voltaire


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