1. A beneficial factor or combination of factors. 2. Benefit or profit; gain: It is to your advantage to invest wisely.3. A relatively favorable position; superiority of means: A better education gave us the advantage.4.Sportsa. The first point scored in tennis after deuce. b. The resulting score.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: ad·van·taged, ad·van·tag·ing, ad·van·tag·es To afford profit or gain to; benefit.
IDIOMS:
take advantage of1. To put to good use; avail oneself of: take advantage of all educational opportunities.2. To profit selfishly by; exploit: took advantage of the customer.to advantage To good effect; favorably: The roses were displayed to advantage in a blue vase.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English avantage, from Old French, from avant, before, from Latin abante, from before. See advance.
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