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foothold
English
Etymology
foot +? hold
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?tho?ld/
Noun
foothold (plural footholds)
- (climbing) A solid grip with the feet.
- (by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged.
- (military) Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement.
Translations
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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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