advantageous

[ ad-vuhn-tey-juhs ]
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adjective
  1. providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial: an advantageous position;an advantageous treaty.

Origin of advantageous

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; advantage + -ous; compare French avantageux, Italian avantaggioso

Other words from advantageous

  • ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverb
  • ad·van·ta·geous·ness, noun
  • non·ad·van·ta·geous, adjective
  • non·ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverb
  • non·ad·van·ta·geous·ness, noun
  • qua·si-ad·van·ta·geous, adjective
  • qua·si-ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverb
  • un·ad·van·ta·geous, adjective
  • un·ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverb
  • un·ad·van·ta·geous·ness, noun

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How to use advantageous in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for advantageous

advantageous

/ (ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs) /


adjective
  1. producing advantage

Derived forms of advantageous

  • advantageously, adverb
  • advantageousness, noun

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