advantage

noun

US /ədˈvæntɪdʒ/

Word Forms

singular	advantage
plural	advantages

1
countable/uncountable something that makes one person or thing more likely to succeed than others
the advantages of a good education
give someone an advantage:
Her teaching experience gives her an advantage when working with children.
advantage over:
He thought that our team had an advantage over its opponents because of the bad weather.
be at an advantage:
She was at a distinct advantage because people trusted her.
to someone’s advantage (=making you more likely to succeed):
It would be to your advantage to prepare questions in advance.
Synonyms and related words
Advantages and benefits
advantage
benefit
good
1. 1a
  countable a good feature or quality that something has
  Having children when you’re older has both advantages and disadvantages.
  Flexibility is one of the many advantages of working from home.
  have the advantage of something:
  The equipment has the additional advantage of being easy to carry.
  Synonyms and related words
  Advantages and benefits
  advantage
  benefit
  good
2. 1b
  uncountable benefit to yourself
  Important principles are being sacrificed for political advantage.
  Some people try to gain advantage by exploiting their personal contacts.
  Synonyms and related words
  Advantages and benefits
  advantage
  benefit
  good
Collocates
Verbs frequently used with advantage as the object
▪ confer, enjoy, exploit, gain, have, hold, offer
2
countable/uncountable used for saying the name of a player in tennis who wins the point after deuce
Advantage Hingis.
Synonyms and related words
Tennis
ace
ace
advantage
3
to work to good advantage
to work in someone’s favour
Shreyansh’s sweet words work to good advantage for his cordial relations with everyone.
Submitted by:
Prakash Chandra Patel from India on 03/10/2016
Open Dictionary - October2016
4
use/turn something to (good) advantage
to benefit from something, to take advantage of something, to put something to good purpose
Shreyansh is able to use his communication skills in English to good advantage for a better job in government and respectable position in society.
Submitted by:
Prakash Chandra Patel from India on 13/11/2016
Open Dictionary - November2016

phrases

take advantage of someone

take advantage of something

to good/best advantage

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to work to good advantage

use/turn something to (good) advantage

advantage ​‌‌‌

to work to good advantage

use/turn something to (good) advantage

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