Definition of ADVANTAGE

advantage

Meanings

Plural: advantages

Noun

  • the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
    • "the experience gave him the advantage over me"
  • (tennis) first point scored after deuce
  • benefit resulting from some event or action
    • "it turned out to my advantage"
  • Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
  • Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
  • Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
  • The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
  • 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).

Verb

  • give an advantage to
    • "This system advantages the rich"
  • to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
  • to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of

Origin / 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.

Scrabble Score: 14

advantage is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
advantage is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
advantage is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

advantage is a valid Words With Friends word