advantaged

ad·van·tage

 (ăd-văn′tĭj)

n.

1. A beneficial factor or combination of factors: Being tall is usually an advantage in basketball.

2. Benefit or profit; gain: It is to your advantage to invest wisely.

3. A relatively favorable position; superiority of means: A better education gave us the advantage.

4. Sports

a. The first point scored in tennis after deuce.

b. The resulting score.

5. Sports A situation in soccer in which the referee has signaled that a foul has been committed but delays making the call because the fouled team has a more favorable position in play. If the fouled team loses this favorable position, the referee then makes the call.

tr.v. ad·van·taged, ad·van·tag·ing, ad·van·tag·es

To afford profit or gain to; benefit.

Idioms:

take advantage of

1. To put to good use; avail oneself of: take advantage of all educational opportunities.

2. To make use of for selfish reasons; achieve a selfish goal by exploiting: took advantage of him by leaving him with the bill; took advantage of his unsuspecting nature.

3. To seduce.

to advantage

To good effect; favorably: The roses were displayed to advantage in a blue vase.

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[Middle English avantage, from Old French, from avant, before, from Latin abante, from before; see advance.]

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advantaged

(ədˈvɑːntɪdʒd)

adj

in a superior social or economic position

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Translations

advantaged

[ədˈvɑːntɪdʒd] NPL the advantaged → los privilegiados, los favorecidos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

advantaged

[ədˈvɑːntɪdʒd] adj (= privileged) → avantagé(e)

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advantaged

[ədˈvɑːntɪdʒd] adj (person, group) → privilegiato/a

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