- advantage⇄advantage, noun, verb, -taged,-taging.
- advantage⇄expr. take advantage of,
a. to use to help or benefit oneself.
Ex. Take advantage of your illness to catch up on your reading.
b. to use unfairly; impose upon.
Ex. Don't take advantage of me by asking me to run errands on such a - advantage⇄expr. take at advantage, to surprise.
Ex. Once it happened that the enemy took him at advantage (Robert Southey). - advantage⇄expr. to (or with) advantage, to a good effect; with a useful effect; favorably.
Ex. That frame sets off the painting to advantage. Head tilted winningly, she was ... seeking to display herself to advantage (John Updike). - advantage⇄expr. to one's advantage, to one's benefit or help.
Ex. It will be to your advantage to study Spanish before you visit Mexico. - advantage⇄noun 1. anything that is a benefit or a help in getting something wanted; favorable condition, circumstance, or opportunity.
Ex. Good health is always an advantage. One advantage of having a car ... is the opportunity to keep a flexible schedule (A - advantage⇄v.i. to gain an advantage; be benefited.
Ex. Many animals advantage by nature's coloration. - advantage⇄v.t. to give an advantage to; help; benefit.
Ex. Boston was also advantaged with the neighborhood of the country's oldest college (James Russell Lowell).