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advantage
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[ noun ] the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
Synonyms Examples "he experience gave him the advantage over me" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Indications as_late_as the top of the sixth were that the Birds were to end their victory drought as they coasted along with a 3 - to-o advantage . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The Yanks also took advantage of three Cincinnati errors . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)`` By winning against Bradley , Kentucky and Notre_Dame on those teams ' home courts , they showed that the home court advantage can be overcome anywhere and that it doesn 's take a super team to do_it '' . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)This is a characteristic of good stereo recording and one of its tremendous advantages over monaural sound . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)When these groups were first formed many prominent and accomplished decorators could not have had the advantage of school training since interior_design courses were rare and undeveloped during their youth . |
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[ verb ] give an advantage to
Examples "This system advantages the rich" Related terms |
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