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vantage [ˈvɑːntɪdʒ] n
1. a state, position, or opportunity affording superiority or advantage 2. superiority or benefit accruing from such a position, state, etc. 3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis) Tennis short for advantage [from Old French avantage advantage] vantageless adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations vantage [ˈvɑːntɪdʒ] A. N 1. → ventaja f 2. = vantage point B. CPD vantage point N → posición f ventajosa, lugar m estratégico; (for views) → punto m panorámico from our modern vantage point we can see that → desde nuestra atalaya moderna vemos que ..., desde la perspectiva del tiempo presente se ve que ... vantage vantage: vantage point n (Mil) → (günstiger) Aussichtspunkt; our window is a good vantage for watching the procession → von unserem Fenster aus hat man einen guten Blick auf die Prozession; from the vantage of the present → aus heutiger Sicht How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He turned and strode away, very much at random, across the dewy fields, his half-penitent tormentor quietly watching him from his point of vantage in the saddle till he disappeared beyond an array of trees. The poet, that beautified the sect, that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well: It is a pleasure, to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure, to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth I began walking, therefore, in a big curve, seeking some point of vantage and continually looking at the sand heaps that hid these new-comers to our earth. |
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