advantage

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ædˈvæn.tɪʤ/

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• Hyphenation: ad‧van‧tage

Noun

Singular advantage

Plural advantages

1. (countable) An advantage is a condition or circumstance that favors success.
2. (countable) An advantage is when someone has superiority over someone else.
   • Synonym: edge
3. (countable) An advantage is a benefit, gain, or profit.
   • Synonyms: benefit, gain, profit and value

Antonyms

• disadvantage

Verb

Plain form advantage

Third-person singular advantages

Past tense advantaged

Past participle advantaged

Present participle advantaging

1. (transitive) If you advantage a person, you provide them with an advantage.

Related words

• advantageous
• advantageously
• advantageousness