advantage

English

/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/, /ədˈvæn.tɪdʒ/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable 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) 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).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English avantage borrowed from Old French avantage derived from Latin abante (in front, before).

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Latin

abante

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in front, before

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