| advantage | |
| 1. n. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end. | |
| The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party. | |
| 3. n. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit | |
| the advantage of a good constitution | |
| Having the faster car is of little advantage. | |
| 4. n. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game. | |
| 5. n. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position. | |
| 6. n. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen). | |
| 7. v. to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to | |
| 8. v. (reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of | |
