advantage

/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ//ədˈvæn.tɪdʒ/
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Academic vocabulary

Word FrequencyCommon

Regularly used in writing and speech

Syllables3

Moderate complexity

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noun

1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.

"The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position."

2. Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.

3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit

"Having the faster car is of little advantage."

4. The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.

5. The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.

6. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

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verb

1. To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to

2. To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of

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