advantage
Syllables: ad·van·tage/ədˈvæn.tɪd͡ʒ/UK/ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/
advantage noun: any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
Noun
advantage (countable and uncountable, plural advantages)
- 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.
- Give me advantage of some brief discourse.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
- Lest Satan should get an advantage of us.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 2:11
- Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
- the advantage of a good constitution
- Having the faster car is of little advantage.
- The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
- Synonyms:
- ad
- The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
- 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.2012 November 17, “Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport
- Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
- And with advantage means to pay thy love.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Verb
advantage (third-person singular simple present advantages, present participle advantaging, simple past and past participle advantaged)
- to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
- I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe.1655 April 21, “Mr. Ja. Nutley to ſecreary Thurloe.”, in A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Eſq; […], volume III, London: […] the Executor of the late Mr. Fletcher Gyles; Thomas...
- to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
- No man of courage vouchsafeth to advantage himselfe [translating s'avantager] of that which is common unto many.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 7, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
advantage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
advantage in Hindi
- any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success
- लाभ lābh, हित hit, फ़ायदा fāydā
advantage in Tamil
- ஆகும் பயன், நன்மை, பயன், முன்வாய்ப்பு, மேன்மை, மேம்பாடு
advantage in Urdu
- any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success
- فائدہ fāida
advantage in Bengali
- any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success
- আসান aśan, ফায়দা phaẏoda
More languagesFewer languages
- advantage in Malayalam
- മേന്മ mēnma
- advantage in Kannada
- ಪಂಣು paṇṇu, ಅರ್ಥ artha
- advantage in Sanskrit
- वीति vīti
- advantage in Tagalog
- kalamangan
- advantage in Arabic
- أَفْضَلِيَّة ʔafḍaliyya, فَائِدَة fāʔida
- advantage in Malay
- kelebihan
- advantage in Persian
- فایده fâyede, fâyde, برتری bartari, امتیاز emtijâz
- advantage in Vietnamese
- lợi thế
Examples of advantage in a sentence
- Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win.
- Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.
- Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
Synonyms of advantage
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Antonyms
Forms of advantage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | advantages |
| alternative form (obsolete) | advauntage |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | advantages |
| present participle | advantaging |
| past participle | advantaged |
| past | advantaged |
Origin of advantage
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.
Words formed from advantage
- absolute advantage
- advantage gambling
- advantage ground
- advantageous
- advantageously
- advantageousness
- advantage play
- advantage player
- comparative advantage
- competitive advantage
- counteradvantage
- have the advantage
- have the advantage of someone
- home advantage
- home field advantage
- house advantage
- man advantage
- mechanical advantage
- one-man advantage
- overadvantage
- play the advantage
- rest of advantage
- selective advantage
- take advantage
- take advantage of
- take at advantage
- to one's advantage
- two-man advantage
- underadvantage
- advantageable
Phrases with advantage
- advantage players
- quantum advantage
- took advantage of
- took at advantage
- rests of advantage
- taken advantage of
- taken at advantage
- takes advantage of
- takes at advantage
- taking advantage of
- taking at advantage
- untaken advantage of
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Questions about advantage
- What does advantage mean?
- Advantage means any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
- What is advantage in Hindi?
- Advantage in Hindi is लाभ (lābh), हित (hit), फ़ायदा (fāydā). See Advantage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is advantage?
- Advantage can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce advantage?
- Advantage is pronounced /ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of advantage?
- The plural of advantage is advantages.
Words near advantage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: advantage (page history and authors); advantage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മേന്മ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅರ್ಥ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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