advantage
Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
Noun 4 meanings
Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
“The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.”
Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
“the advantage of a good constitution”
The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
Verb 2 meanings
to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
Etymology
From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d originates in a latinizing hypercorrection, the a- being falsely supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.
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ADVANTAGE at a glance
ADVANTAGE has 9 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (A 1 + D 2 + V 4 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,664 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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