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 →

2) A good point or benefit of something, the opposite of a disadvantage. tree →

3) In tennis, advantage is the point won right after deuce. tree →

4) To take advantage of someone is to use their difficulties unfairly for your own benefit. tree →

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 →
• One advantage of a bike is that it does not pollute the air. tree →
• Our team had the advantage because we played at home. tree →
• Take advantage of the sunny day and go outside. tree →
• It is not fair to take advantage of a younger child. tree →
• Write two advantages and two disadvantages of school uniforms. tree →
• Starting first gave her an advantage in the race. tree →
• Knowing your times tables is a big advantage in maths. tree →
• It is wicked to take advantage of another's distress. tree →

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.
• Taking turns going first is fair when going first gives an advantage.
• Cheating is breaking the rules in secret to gain an unfair advantage.
• Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?
• For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or the poor man that hath understanding, in walking before the living?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «advantage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.