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# advantage

«advantage» in Mova's school dictionary: **something that helps you do better or makes you more…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an advantage, advantages); verb (advantage — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An advantage is something that helps you do better or makes you more likely to win or succeed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#m1)

2) A good point or benefit of something, the opposite of a disadvantage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#m2)

3) In tennis, advantage is the point won right after deuce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#m3)

4) To take advantage of someone is to use their difficulties unfairly for your own benefit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school, pupils list advantages and disadvantages of things, for example of living in a city or using plastic. In games and sports, a team with more players has an advantage. Phrases: take advantage of (use a chance well, or unfairly use someone), have an advantage over, to your advantage.

### examples

- Being tall is an advantage in basketball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#x1)
- One advantage of a bike is that it does not pollute the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#x2)
- Our team had the advantage because we played at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#x3)
- Take advantage of the sunny day and go outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#x4)
- It is not fair to take advantage of a younger child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#x5)
- Write two advantages and two disadvantages of school uniforms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#x6)
- Starting first gave her an advantage in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#x7)
- Knowing your times tables is a big advantage in maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#x8)
- It is wicked to take advantage of another's distress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/#x9)

### note

Countable noun: an advantage, advantages. Opposite: disadvantage. Take advantage of can be good (use a chance) or bad (cheat or use someone unkindly), so look at the sentence. Spelling: advan-tage, ending in -age.

### In the corpora

- ["Underprivileged" means poor and without the advantages most people have.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/21/)
- [Taking turns going first is fair when going first gives an advantage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/60-reasoning-about-people/20/)
- [Cheating is breaking the rules in secret to gain an unfair advantage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/5/)
- [Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.569/)
- [For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or the poor man that hath understanding, in walking before the living?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.118/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «advantage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.