English

Etymology
OE. avantage, avauntage, F. avantage, from avant before. See advance, and confer vantage.

Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /æd�væn.tɪʤ/
audio|en-us-advantage.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. 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.
2. Superiority; mastery; — with of or over.
3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
4. 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: ��� (y�ulì de); �����, ����� (zhàny�u y�ushì de)
Czech: výhoda f
Danish: fordel c
Finnish: etu
French: avantage m
German: Vorteil m
Japanese: � (toku)
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Nahuatl: teinellili
Portuguese: vantagem f
Russian: п�еим��е��во (preimúš�estvo) n
Spanish: ventaja f
Turkish: avantaj
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trans-top|Superiority; mastery
Albanian: epërsi
Catalan: avantatge m
Chinese: �����, ����� (zhàny�u y�ushì de)
Danish: fortrin n
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Finnish: yliote
French: avantage
Russian: п�ево��од��во (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: �����, ����� (zhàny�u y�ushì de)
Danish: nytte c
French: avantage m
German: Vorzug m
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Japanese: � (toku)
Portuguese: benefício 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
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German: Vorteil m
Turkish: avantaj
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ttbc|Dutch: voordeel n
ttbc|Esperanto: avanta�o
ttbc|Hebrew: �תר�� (y'taron) m
ttbc|Hungarian: el�ny
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ttbc|Ido: avantajo
ttbc|Italian: vantaggio
ttbc|Japanese: ��, �� (���, yūi)
ttbc|Telugu: ప�రయ��న� (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

1. To provide with an advantage.

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