Meaning of advantage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
   countable
2. Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. To afford profit or gain to; benefit.
4. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
   countable, uncountable
5. To good effect; favorably: The roses were displayed to advantage in a blue vase.
6. The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
   countable, uncountable
7. The first point served after deuce.
8. The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
   countable, uncountable
9. To be an advantage to:avail, benefit, profit, serve.
10. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
    countable, uncountable
11. having or giving an advantage. Because of his experience he was in an advantageous position for promotion voordelig مُفِيد ، مُربِح изгоден vantajoso výhodný vorteilhaft fordelagtig πλεονεκτικόςventajoso soodus سودمند edullinen avantageuxמועיל फायदेमन्द koristan előnyös menguntungkan hagstæður vantaggioso 有利な 유리한 palankus, pranašus izdevīgs ada kelebihan voordeligfordelaktigkorzystny ګټور vantajoso avantajos выгодный výhodný ugoden biti u prednosti (dati prednost) fördelaktig เป็นประโยชน์ ava...
12. voordelig عَلَى نَحْو مُفِيد изгодно vantajosamente výhodně vorteilhaft fordelagtigt πλεονεκτικά con ventaja soodsalt بطور سودمند edullisesti avantageusementמועיל, משתלם लाभदायक रूप से korisno elnyösen keadaan menguntungkan haganlega, til hagsbóta in modo vantaggioso 有利に 유리하게 palankiai izdevīgi dengan berkelebihan voordeligfordelaktig korzystnie په ګټوره توګه vantajosamente (în mod) avan­tajos выгодно výhodne ugodno povoljno fördelaktigt อย่างเป็นประโยชน์ avantajlı şekilde 有利地 вигідно; сприят...
13. to be in a better or more advantageous position (than). As she already knew French, she had an advantage over the rest of the class. voordeel, voorsprong يَكُون فِي مَرْكِز مُتَفَوّق بِالنِسْبَة لِ имам предимство пред ter vantagem sobre mít výhodu, být ve výhodě im Vorteil sein fortrin, fordel πλεονεκτώ έναντι κπ. tener ventaja (sobre) eelisolukorras olema برتری داشتن olla paremmassa asemassa (kuin) avoir l'avantage לִזכּוֹת בְּיִתרוֹן עַל बढ़त होना imati prednost előnyben van kelebihan yfir...
14. to make use of (a situation, person etc) in such a way as to benefit oneself. He took full advantage of all his business opportunities. gebruik maak, misbruik maak يَنْتَهِز، يَغْتَنِم فُرْصَه възползуваме aproveitar-se využít, těžit z ausnutzen benytte sig af; udnytte; drage nytte af εκμεταλλεύομαιaprovechar, aprovecharse de ära kasutama از فرصت استفاده کردن käyttää hyväkseen profiter de לְנָצֵל, לְרָמוֹת फायदा उठाना iskoristiti prednost kihasznál memanfaatkan (mis)nota sér approfittarsi di ...
    etc
15. A beneficial factor or combination of factors: Being tall is usually an advantage in basketball.
16. Benefit or profit; gain: It is to your advantage to invest wisely.

Equivalents

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.”

“Lest Satan should get an advantage of us.”

“the advantage of a good constitution”

“Having the faster car is of little advantage.”

“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.”

“And with advantage means to pay thy love.”

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