advantageous
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of advantageous
First recorded in 1590–1600; advantage + -ous; compare French avantageux, Italian avantaggioso
Explanation
The adjective advantageous is useful for talking about things that are beneficial, or helpful, like when you find an advantageous spot to hang your yard sale sign — a spot where all the passing cars can see it. Anything that creates an advantage is advantageous. You could describe your decision to throw a huge party as advantageous for your social life, or the cooking class you took as advantageous to the success of your catering business. If it helps you get what you want, or is generally useful, it's advantageous. The root is the Old French word avantage, which means "advantage, profit, or superiority." Anything that assists in your pursuit of these things is advantageous to you.
Vocabulary lists containing advantageous
Evolutionary Biology - Adaptation
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Example Sentences
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Jennifer Phang’s Advantageous, in which a single mother undergoes an experimental procedure to make herself look younger and more ethnically ambiguous, fails to merge intriguing concepts into a dramatically satisfying whole.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2018
And when a film like Advantageous comes along and manages to score high on both scales, oftentimes nobody's checking for it.
From The Verge • Jan. 28, 2015
I sincerely hope Advantageous is able to find a distribution deal that will grant it a bigger audience — an online audience perhaps, more open minded about its kind of worldbuilding.
From The Verge • Jan. 28, 2015
That was me, bumbling around the outside of the Library Center Theatre after the premiere screening of Advantageous.
From The Verge • Jan. 28, 2015
Advantageous results from suggestion are not limited to the relationship between buyer and seller.
From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Scott, Walter Dill
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