advantageous

[ ad-vuh n-tey-juh s ]

/ ˌæd vənˈteɪ dʒəs /

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adjective

providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial: an advantageous position; an advantageous treaty.

Words nearby advantageous

advancer, advances, advantage, advantage court, advantaged, advantageous, advect, advection, advection fog, advent, advent calendar

Origin of advantageous

1590–1600; advantage + -ous; compare French avantageux, Italian avantaggioso

OTHER WORDS FROM advantageous

ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverbad·van·ta·geous·ness, nounnon·ad·van·ta·geous, adjectivenon·ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverb

non·ad·van·ta·geous·ness, nounqua·si-ad·van·ta·geous, adjectivequa·si-ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverbun·ad·van·ta·geous, adjectiveun·ad·van·ta·geous·ly, adverbun·ad·van·ta·geous·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for advantageous

Teams may put more than one racer on the road at a time if they feel it will be advantageous.
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This means the favored candidate gets an advantageous spot on the ballot and a distinct electoral advantage in that county.
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These proportions are advantageous in sports in which strength rather than speed is at a premium.
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It could be rolled out whenever it would be most advantageous to the Romney team.
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Evolutionary psychology has puzzled over the question of what is it about crying that would have been advantageous for survival.
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This purchase was an advantageous one for the State, there having been already realized from it an amount equal to its cost.
Report of the Hoosac Tunnel and Troy and Greenfield Railroad, by the Joint Standing Committee of 1866.|Tappan Wentworth
Wolsey made an advantageous peace, and Charles promptly found himself obliged to come to terms with Francis.
Ten Tudor Statesmen|Arthur D. Innes
In 1658-59 he sustained Denmark against Sweden, and in 1662 concluded an advantageous peace with Portugal.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3|Various
The attention which he soon received from the musical world of Paris proved to him that his removal was advantageous.
The Violin|George Hart
By reasonable, I mean what all people call reasonable in their own case; an advantageous one for us.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son|The Earl of Chesterfield

British Dictionary definitions for advantageous

advantageous

/ (ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs) /

adjective

producing advantage

Derived forms of advantageous

advantageously, adverbadvantageousness, noun

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advantageous

adjective

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Origin of advantageous

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British Dictionary definitions for advantageous

adjective

Derived forms of advantageous