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advantaged

advantaged is the simple past and past participle of advantage.

Adjective

advantaged (comparative more advantaged, superlative most advantaged)

  1. Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
  2. Financially secure; elite and economically successful.

Meaning of advantage

Verb

advantage (third-person singular simple present advantages, present participle advantaging, simple past and past participle advantaged)

  1. (transitive) 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...
  2. (reflexive) 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

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Forms of advantaged

comparativemore advantaged
superlativemost advantaged

Words formed from advantaged

Questions about advantaged

What does advantaged mean?
Advantaged means having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
What is advantaged the simple past and past participle of?
Advantaged is the simple past and past participle of advantage.
What part of speech is advantaged?
Advantaged is an adjective.

Words near advantaged in the dictionary

  1. advantage gambling
  2. advantage play
  3. advantage player
  4. advantage players
  5. advantageable
  6. advantaged
  7. advantagedness
  8. advantageous
  9. advantageouser
  10. advantageously
  11. advantageousness

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