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advantages

/əd.ˈvɑːn.tɪ.dʒɪz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
  2. Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
  3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
  4. The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
  5. 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).
  7. To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
  8. To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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