advantage

[Ad*van·tage]

An advantage is like a head start in a race; it's that thing that gives you a better chance.

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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.

Noun
benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"

Noun
the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me"

Noun
first point scored after deuce

Verb
give an advantage to; "This system advantages the rich"

n.
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.

n.
Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.

n.
Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.

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

v. t.
To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.

Advantage

Ad*van"tage (?; 61, 48), n. [OE. avantage, avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See Advance, and cf. Vantage.] 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.

Give me advantage of some brief discourse.

The advantages of a close alliance.

2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us.

3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution. 4. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen). [Obs.]

And with advantage means to pay thy love.

Advantage ground, vantage ground. [R.] Clarendon. -- To 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." Sheridan. -- To take advantage of, to profit by; (often used in a bad sense) to overreach, to outwit. Syn. -- Advantage, Advantageous, Benefit, Beneficial. We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial, when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits of early discipline; the beneficial effects of adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting forward, and places us on a "vantage ground" for further effort. Hence, there is a difference between the benefits and the advantages of early education; between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of money.

Advantage

Ad*van"tage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advantaged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Advantaging .] [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See Advance.] To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.

The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him.

What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]

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.

To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.

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Usage Examples

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

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Other Usage Examples

A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.

And I don't want to live anywhere where I am famous. It makes me very, very uncomfortable, because it conveys an advantage over people, and I don't like that.

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

As an avid photographer, I also took advantage of the latest technology in photography - digital photography - to post photos on my website on a daily basis.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.