vantage[noun]Synonyms: advantage, allowance, bulge, deadwood, draw, edge, handicap, head start, odds, start
Antonyms: disadvantage
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vantage noun.
['vɑ:ntɪdʒ] ME.[Anglo-Norman, aphet. from Old French avantage ADVANTAGE noun: see -AGE.]1. Advantage, benefit, gain; profit. Long
arch. ME.b. A perquisite.
LME-M16.2. Advantage or superiority in a contest. Also, a position or opportunity likely to give superiority;
esp. =
vantage-point below.
ME.■ Ld Macaulay To retreat till he should reach some spot where he might have the vantage of ground. ■ L. M. Montgomery Mrs Rachel could..see them from her window vantage.3. a. A greater amount
of something. Only in
LME.b. An additional amount.
E16-E18.4. An advantage; a position or state of superiority. Freq. foll. by
at, for.
LME-M17.b. An opportunity, a chance.
L16-E17.■ Shakespeare Cymbeline When shall we hear from him? Be assur'd, madam, With his next vantage.5. Tennis. =
ADVANTAGE noun 5.
L19.Phrases:
and a vantage,
and the vantage and more.
at vantage arch. at a disadvantage (i.e. at the other's advantage).
coign of vantage: see
COIGN noun 1.
for the vantage in addition.
place of vantage,
point of vantage =
vantage-point below.
to the vantage in addition.
with a vantage,
with the vantage and more.
Comb.:
vantage-ground a position of advantage as regards defence or attack;
vantage-point (a) a place affording a good view or prospect;
(b) the point from which a scene is viewed.
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vantage verb.
['vɑ:ntɪdʒ] LME.[from the noun.]1. verb trans. Profit or benefit (a person). Long
arch. LME.2. verb intrans. Make a gain or profit. Only in
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