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noun

American English pronunciation: advantage

/ədˈvæntɪdʒ/

singular	advantage
plural	advantages

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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.
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1. a.
  [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.
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2. b.
  [uncountable] benefit to yourself
  Important principles are being sacrificed for political advantage.
  Some people try to gain advantage by exploiting their personal contacts.
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Collocations: advantage
▪ 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.
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phrases

take advantage of someone
to unfairly get what you want from someone who is easily persuaded to help you, trust you, or do things for you
salesmen who take advantage of elderly customers
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take advantage of something
to use a situation or opportunity to get what you want
Moss took advantage of the defender’s mistake to score a goal.
take full advantage of something:
Many schools don’t take full advantage of the Internet.
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to good/best advantage
using or showing the best features of someone or something
The dark foliage really shows the flowers off to best advantage.
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