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Common
noun
•
Any
condition
,
circumstance
,
opportunity
or means,
particularly
favorable
to
success
, or to any
desired
end
.
•
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
•
In Tennis:
The
score
where one
player
wins
a
point
after
deuce
but needs the
next to
carry
the game
.
•
In Football (soccer):
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
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English
avantage
Middle English (1100-1500)
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