Meaning of advantage in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.

  Example: The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.

• Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.

• Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit

  Example: Having the faster car is of little advantage.

• The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.

• 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).

verb

• To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to

• To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of