advantage

== English == === Alternative forms === advauntage (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/ (US) IPA(key): /ədˈvæn.(t)ɪd͡ʒ/ (Indic) IPA(key): /əɖˈvɑɳʈedʒ/ === Noun === advantage (countable and uncountable, plural advantages) (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen). ==== Synonyms ==== (favorable condition or position): edge, vantage (superiority of state, positive aspect): benefit, perk, upside, pro, foredeal (in tennis): ad ==== Antonyms ==== disadvantage, drawback ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== advance vantage ==== Translations ==== === Verb === advantage (third-person singular simple present advantages, present participle advantaging, simple past and past participle advantaged) (transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to [from 15th c.] (reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of [from 16th c.] ==== Usage notes ==== Some authorities object to the use of advantage as a verb meaning "to provide with an advantage". ==== Synonyms ==== favor, favorise benefit ==== Derived terms ==== advantageable ==== Translations ==== === References === “advantage”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “advantage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French, see above. === Noun === advantage m (plural advantages) advantage ==== Related terms ==== advantageux ==== Descendants ==== French: avantage→ Albanian: avantazh→ Franco-Provençal: avantâjo→ Greek: αβαντάζ (avantáz)→ Italian: vantaggio→ Polish: awantaż→ Portuguese: vantagem→ Romanian: avantaj→ Spanish: ventaja→ Turkish: avantaj