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advantaged

[ad-van-tijd, -vahn-]
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adjective
  1. having greater resources or better skills, education, facilities, etc.: She is more advantaged than her cousin.
  2. having sufficient or abundant income, natural resources, etc.; affluent: the advantaged nations.
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noun
  1. (used with a plural verb) advantaged people collectively (usually preceded by the): a luxury cruise that only the advantaged could afford.
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Origin of advantaged

First recorded in 1595–1605; advantage + -ed3
Related formsun·ad·van·taged, adjective

advantage

[ad-van-tij, -vahn-]
noun
  1. any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
  2. benefit; gain; profit: It will be to his advantage to learn Chinese before going to China.
  3. superiority or ascendancy (often followed by over or of): His height gave him an advantage over his opponent.
  4. a position of superiority (often followed by over or of): their advantage in experienced players.
  5. Tennis. the first point scored after deuce.
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verb (used with object), ad·van·taged, ad·van·taging.
  1. to be of service to; yield profit or gain to; benefit.
  2. to cause to advance; further; promote: Such action will advantage our cause.
  3. to prove beneficial to; profit: It would advantage him to work harder.
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Idioms
  1. have the advantage of, to be in a superior or advantageous position; possess an advantage over: By virtue of independent wealth, he has the advantage of his opponents.
  2. take advantage of,
    1. to make use of for gain: to take advantage of an opportunity.
    2. to impose upon, especially unfairly, as by exploiting a weakness: to take advantage of someone.
  3. to advantage, to good effect; advantageously: The paintings were arranged to advantage on one wall.
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Origin of advantage

1300–50; Middle English ava(u)ntage < Anglo-French, Old French avantage, equivalent to avant before (see advance) + -age -age; for ad- see advance

Synonyms

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6. serve, avail, help, aid.

Synonym study

2. Advantage, benefit, profit all mean something that is of use or value. Advantage is anything that places one in an improved position, especially in coping with competition or difficulties: It is to one's advantage to have traveled widely. Benefit is anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society. Profit is any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: profit from trade or experience.
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Related Words

honoredpowerfulrecommendedselectedpreferreddomakeworkbenefitadvancepayassistservefavorfurtheraidpromoteimproverulingadvantaged

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  • I see you have advantaged by practice with Vol au Vent, said the Marquis.

    Nasby in Exile

    David R. Locke

  • Let us next see how the Allies were advantaged and disadvantaged by their position.

  • Doubtless they served to blind him and this advantaged McGee who, unseen in the darkness, kept his Vickers going.

    Aces Up

    Covington Clarke

  • Because the truth would have prejudiced him whom I was serving; now falsehood has advantaged him.

  • In moral application a virtue is a quality in mankind whereby we are most advantaged.

    Concerning Children

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman

British Dictionary definitions for advantaged

advantaged

adjective
  1. in a superior social or economic position
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advantage

noun
  1. (often foll by over or of) superior or more favourable position or powerhe had an advantage over me because of his experience
  2. benefit or profit (esp in the phrase to one's advantage)
  3. tennis
    1. the point scored after deuce
    2. the resulting state of the score
  4. take advantage of
    1. to make good use of
    2. to impose upon the weakness, good nature, etc, of; abuse
    3. to seduce
  5. to advantage to good effecthe used his height to advantage at the game
  6. you have the advantage of me you know me but I do not know you
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Word Origin

C14: avantage (later altered to advantage on the model of words beginning with Latin ad-), from Old French avant before, from Latin abante from before, away. See advance
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Word Origin and History for advantaged

advantage

n.

early 14c., avantage, "position of being in advance of another," from Old French avantage "advantage, profit, superiority," from avant "before," probably via an unrecorded Late Latin *abantaticum, from Latin abante (see advance).

The -d- is a 16c. intrusion on the analogy of Latin ad- words. Meaning "a favoring circumstance" (the opposite of disadvantage) is from late 15c. Tennis score sense is from 1640s, first recorded in writings of John Milton, of all people. Phrase to take advantage of is first attested late 14c.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Idioms and Phrases with advantaged

advantage

see get the advantage of; show to advantage; take advantage of; to advantage.

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