advantage

Noun

1. (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
3. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
4. (countable, uncountable) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
5. (countable, uncountable) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
6. (countable, uncountable) Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

Verb

1. (transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
2. (reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: avantage

Cognate with Latin: ad

In summary

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.

Synonyms

benefit

profit

gain

use

interest

utility

good

👍

privilege

vantage

usefulness

merit

superiority

virtue

avail

edge

good point

convenience

preponderance

reward

value

preference

favor

strong point

win

account

asset

gains

favour

serve

purchase

🛍️

lead

emolument

worth

well

subserve

upside

sake

🍶

recompense

service

promote

sharp

boot

👢

plus

boon

expedience

be useful

prerogative

strength

effect

benefits

Translations

avantage

Vorteil

vantaggio

ventaja

voordeel

vantagem

bénéfice

intérêt

korzyść

avantatge

profit

lucro

beneficio

Nutzen

baat

Sentences

You have all the advantage .