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as a verb: - 1
advantage
noun
1 advantage
The quality of having a superior or more favorable position:
— The experience gave him the advantage over me.
synonym: vantage.
Roget 33:
superiority,
majority;
greatness
etc.
31;
advantage;
pull;
preponderance,
preponderation;
vantage ground,
prevalence,
partiality;
personal superiority;
nobility
etc.
(rank)
875;
Triton among the minnows,
primus inter pares [Lat.],
nulli secundus [Lat.],
captain;
crackajack [U.S.].
supremacy,
preeminence;
lead;
maximum;
record;
trikumia [Gr.],
climax;
culmination
etc.
(summit)
210;
transcendence;
ne plus ultra [Lat.];
lion's share,
Benjamin's mess;
excess,
surplus
etc.
(remainder)
40;
(redundancy)
641.
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Roget 618:
good,
benefit,
advantage;
improvement
etc.
658;
greatest good,
supreme good;
interest,
service,
behoof,
behalf;
weal;
main chance,
summum bonum [Lat.],
common weal;
consummation devoutly to be wished;"
gain,
boot;
profit,
harvest.
boon
etc.
(gift)
784;
good turn;
blessing;
world of good;
piece of good luck [Fr.],
piece of good fortune [Fr.];
nuts,
prize,
windfall,
godsend,
waif,
treasure-trove.
good fortune
etc.
(prosperity)
734;
happiness
etc.
827.
[Source of good]
goodness
etc.
648;
utility
etc.
644;
remedy
etc.
662;
pleasure giving
etc.
829.
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Roget 646:
expedience,
expediency;
desirableness,
desirability
etc.
adj.;
fitness
etc.
(agreement)
23;
utility
etc.
644;
propriety;
opportunism;
advantage.
high time
etc.
(occasion)
134.
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Dutch: plus, pluspunt, prae, pre, pré, voordeel, winstpunt
2 advantage
tennis First point scored after deuce.
Dutch: overhand, voordeel
3 advantage
Benefit resulting from some event or action:
— It turned out to my advantage.
synonym: reward.
Dutch: loon, prijs
verb
1 advantage
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