Meaning of VANTAGE
| Pronunciation: | | 'vantij
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- [n] the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "he experience gave him the advantage over me"
- [n] place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
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| | Synonyms: | | advantage |
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| | Antonyms: | | disadvantage | | |
| | See Also: | | advantageousness, asset, expedience, expediency, favor, favorable position, favorableness, favour, favourable position, favourableness, gain, good, handicap, head start, homecourt advantage, lead, leverage, place, plus, position, preference, privilege, profit, pull, start, superiority, tax advantage, vantage point, viewpoint | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Van"tage\ (v[.a]n"t[asl]j; 48), n. [Aphetic form of OE.
avantage, fr. F. avantage. See {Advantage}.]
1. superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain;
profit; advantage. [R.]
O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! --Shak.
2. (Lawn Tennis) The first point after deuce.
Note: When the server wins this point, it is called vantage
in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is
called vantage out.
{To have at vantage}, to have the advantage of; to be in a
more favorable condition than. ``He had them at vantage,
being tired and harassed with a long march.'' --Bacon.
{Vantage ground}, superiority of state or place; the place or
condition which gives one an advantage over another. ``The
vantage ground of truth. --Bacon.
It is these things that give him his actual
standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he
looks around him. --I. Taylor.
\Van"tage\, v. t.
To profit; to aid. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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