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advantages

Main Entry:: ¹ad·van·tage
Pronunciation:: \əd-ˈvan-tij\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English avantage, from Anglo-French, from avant before, from Late Latin abante
Date:: 1523

1: superiority of position or condition <higher ground gave the enemy the advantage>2: a factor or circumstance of benefit to its possessor <lacked the advantages of an education>3 a: benefit , gain ; especially : benefit resulting from some course of action <a mistake which turned out to our advantage> bobsolete : interest 2a4: the first point won in tennis after deuce

— to advantage

: so as to produce a favorable impression or effect <wishing to be seen to advantage>

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