advantage

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
  2. noun (tennis) first point scored after deuce
  3. noun benefit resulting from some event or action

Etymology

From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d originates in a latinizing hypercorrection, the a- being falsely supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.

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