Dictionary Definition
advantage
Noun
1 the quality of having a superior or more
favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me"
[syn: vantage] [ant:
disadvantage]
2 first point scored after deuce
3 benefit resulting from some event or action;
"it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of
generosity" [syn: reward]
[ant: penalty] v : give
an advantage to; "This system advantages the rich" [ant: disadvantage]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From avantage, avauntage, from avantage, from avant. See advance, and confer vantage.Pronunciation
- a WEAE /ædˈvæn.tɪʤ/
Noun
- 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.
- Superiority; mastery; — with of or over.
- Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
- The score where one player wins a point after deuce
Translations
any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or
means, particularly favorable to success
- Albanian: përfitim
- Catalan: avantatge
- Chinese: 有利的 (yǒulì de); 佔有優勢的, 占有优势的 (zhànyǒu yōushì de)
- Czech: výhoda
- Danish: fordel
- Finnish: etu
- French: avantage
- German: Vorteil
- Hungarian: előny
- Japanese: 得 (toku)
- Nahuatl: teinellili
- Portuguese: vantagem
- Russian: преимущество
- Spanish: ventaja
- Turkish: avantaj
superiority; mastery
superiority of state, or that which gives it
the score where one player wins a point after
deuce
- Albanian: avantazh
- Danish: fordel
- Finnish: etu
- German: Vorteil
- Turkish: avantaj
- ttbc Dutch: voordeel
- ttbc Esperanto: avantaĝo
- ttbc Hebrew: יתרון (y'taron)
- ttbc Ido: avantajo
- ttbc Italian: vantaggio
- ttbc Japanese: 優位, 有利 (ゆうい, yūi)
- ttbc Telugu: ప్రయోజనం (prayOjanam)
Derived terms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Verb
- To provide with an advantage.
Usage notes
- Some authorities object to the use of advantage as a verb meaning "to provide with an advantage".
References
Extensive Definition
Advantage may refer to:
- A beneficial factor or combination of factors.
- In tennis, advantage is when one player wins a point from a deuce and needs one more point to win the game. (See Tennis terminology#A)
- In association football (soccer), advantage is a clause that states that the referee should allow play to continue when the team against which an offence has been committed will benefit from having play continue. (See Football (soccer) - Advantage)
- A breakfast cereal. (See List of breakfast cereals)
- The NES Advantage: an arcade modeled joystick for the Nintendo Entertainment System
- The Advantage, an indie rock band covering old Nintendo music
- The Gillig Advantage, a name given to Gillig's low-floor transit bus.
- In veterinary medicine, Advantage is a brand name for imidacloprid, a flea-poison for pets.
- Advantage Rent A Car - car rental
- Advantage Database Server, a database product from Sybase iAnywhere
advantage in German: Vorsprung
advantage in Japanese: アドバンテージ
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accommodation, account, advance, advancement, advantageously, advantageousness,
advisability,
allowance, amenity, answer, appliance, applicability, appropriateness,
appurtenance,
ascendancy, asset, avail, be handy, be of use, be
right, befit, befitting, behalf, behoof, benediction, beneficialness, benefit, benison, bestead, better, betterment, blessing, boon, boost, break no bones, bulge, coign of vantage, conduce
to, contribute to, convenience, deadwood, decency, desirability, do, do good, do no harm, do the
trick, dominance,
domination, draw, drop, edge, encourage, enhancement, expedience, expediency, expedite, facilitate, facility, favor, feasibility, fill the bill,
fit, fitness, fittingness, flying start,
foothold, footing, forward, fruitfulness, further, gain, give good returns, godsend, good, handicap, hasten, head start, heightening, help, hold, improvement, inside track,
interest, jump, lead, leadership, lend wings to,
make for, mastery, not
come amiss, odds, opportuneness, overhand, pay, pay off, percentage, point, politicness, profit, profitability, promote, propriety, prosperity, prudence, purchase, push forward, put
forward, quicken,
relevance, rightness, running start,
seasonableness,
seemliness, serve, serve the purpose, service, serviceability, set
forward, something extra, something in reserve, speed, start, suffice, suit the occasion,
suitability,
superiority,
sway, timeliness, to advantage,
toehold, traction, upper hand, use, usefulness, utility, value, vantage, vantage ground, vantage
point, victory, welfare, well-being, whip hand,
wisdom, work, work for, world of good,
worth, worthwhileness, yield a
profit