Associations to the word «Advantage»

ADVANTAGE, noun. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.

ADVANTAGE, noun. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.

ADVANTAGE, noun. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.

ADVANTAGE, noun. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next too to carry the game.

ADVANTAGE, noun. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in a advantageous position.

ADVANTAGE, noun. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

ADVANTAGE, verb. (transitive) To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to. [from 15th c.]

ADVANTAGE, verb. (reflexive) To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of. [from 16th c.]

ADVANTAGE, noun. The quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me".

ADVANTAGE, noun. (tennis) first point scored after deuce.

ADVANTAGE, noun. Benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity".

ADVANTAGE, verb. Give an advantage to; "This system advantages the rich".