Vietgle Tra từ – Định nghĩa của từ ‘advantage’ trong từ điển Lạc Việt

advantage

advantage

(ăd-vănʹtĭj) noun

1.

A beneficial factor or combination of factors.

2.

Benefit or profit; gain: It is to your advantage to invest wisely.

3.

A relatively favorable position; superiority of means: A better education gave us the advantage.

4.

Sports. a. The first point scored in tennis after deuce. b. The resulting score.

verb

, transitive

advantaged

, advantaging, advantages

To afford profit or gain to; benefit.

idiom.

take advantage of

1.

To put to good use; avail oneself of: take advantage of all educational opportunities.

2.

To profit selfishly by; exploit: took advantage of the customer.

to advantage

To good effect; favorably: The roses were displayed to advantage in a blue vase.

[Middle English avauntage, from Old French, from avant, before, from Latin abante, from before. See

advance.]

Synonyms:

advantage, edge, handicap, odds. The central meaning shared by these nouns is “a factor or combination of factors conducive to superiority and success”: has the advantage of a superior education; a manufacturing edge given by sophisticated technology; a golfing champion with a handicap of 2; odds overwhelmingly in our favor.

Antonyms:

disadvantage.

disadvantage.