advantageous

«advantageous» in Mova's school dictionary: Helpful and giving you a better chance of success; good… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (advantageous, more advantageous, most advantageous)

meaning for a pupil

(formal) Helpful and giving you a better chance of success; good for you. tree →

sense in the lessons

Formal word used in exams, reports and science: an advantageous position, an advantageous adaptation that helps an animal survive. Phrases: advantageous to, mutually advantageous, an advantageous position.

examples

• Being tall is advantageous in basketball. tree →
• Thick fur is advantageous for animals living in the cold. tree →
• It would be advantageous to start early. tree →
• The team had an advantageous position at half-time. tree →
• The deal was advantageous to both sides. tree →
• Learning a second language can be advantageous. tree →
• About three weeks after this exploit there arrived an embassy from Blefuscu, with humble offers of peace, which was soon concluded, on terms very advantageous to our Emperor. tree →

note

Formal; everyday words: helpful, useful, good for. Spelling: advantage + ous, keeping the e: advantageous. Pronounced ad-van-TAY-jus. Opposite: disadvantageous.

Trees and pragmatics

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