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strengths

English

Pronunciation

Noun

strengths

  1. plural of strength

Verb

strengths

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strength

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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)

  1. (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
  2. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
  4. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
  5. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
  6. 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)

    1. (transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to [from 15th c.]
    2. (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)

    1. advantage

    Related terms

    • advantageux

    Descendants

    • French: avantage
      • ? Albanian: avantazh
      • ? Spanish: ventaja
      • ? Turkish: avantaj
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