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favorable
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
favorable (comparative more favorable, superlative most favorable)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of favourable
Derived terms
- unfavorable
Related terms
- favor
- favorably
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin favorabilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /f?.vo??a.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /f?.bu??a.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /fa.vo??a.ble/
Adjective
favorable (masculine and feminine plural favorables)
- favourable
Further reading
- “favorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “favorable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “favorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “favorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin favorabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.v?.?abl/
Adjective
favorable (plural favorables)
- favourable, favorable
Antonyms
- hostile
Related terms
- faveur
- favorablement
Further reading
- “favorable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- favorábel
Etymology
From Latin favorabilis.
Adjective
favorable m or f (plural favorables)
- favorable
Derived terms
- favorablemente
Further reading
- “favorable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin favorabilis
Adjective
favorable m (feminine singular favorabla, masculine plural favorables, feminine plural favorablas)
- favorable
Derived terms
- desfavorable
- favorablament
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin favorabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fabo??able/, [fa.??o??a.??le]
Adjective
favorable (plural favorables)
- favorable
Derived terms
- favorablemente
Further reading
- “favorable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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advantage
English
Alternative forms
- advauntage (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Medieval Latin abante. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?v??n.t?d?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d?væn.(t)?d?/
Noun
advantage (countable and uncountable, plural advantages)
- (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, uncountable) 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).
Synonyms
- foredeal, benefit, value, edge
- vantage
Antonyms
- disadvantage, drawback
Derived terms
Related terms
- advance
- vantage
Translations
Verb
advantage (third-person singular simple present advantages, present participle advantaging, simple past and past participle advantaged)
- (transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to [from 15th c.]
- (reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of [from 16th c.]
Usage notes
- Some authorities object to the use of advantage as a verb meaning "to provide with an advantage".
Synonyms
- favor, favorise
- benefit
Derived terms
- advantageable
Translations
References
- advantage at OneLook Dictionary Search
- advantage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French, see above.
Noun
advantage m (plural advantages)
- advantage
Related terms
- advantageux
Descendants
- French: avantage
- ? Albanian: avantazh
- ? Spanish: ventaja
- ? Turkish: avantaj
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