advantage
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
tennis
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Italic *ap
Late 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
Late 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.
Inflected forms:
form: advantages
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: advauntage
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: advantages
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: advantaging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: advantaged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: advantaged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: advauntage
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.
Give me advantage of some brief discourse.
the advantages of a close alliance
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
gloss: Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Lest Satan should get an advantage of us.
gloss: Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the advantage of a good constitution
Having the faster car is of little advantage.
gloss: The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: And with advantage means to pay thy love.
gloss: to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe.
gloss: to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
pos: verb
tags: reflexive
examples: No man of courage vouchsafeth to advantage himselfe [translating s'avantager] of that which is common unto many.
Synonyms: favor
favorise
benefit
Antonyms: disadvantage
drawback
Related words: advance
vantage
Derived words: 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
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