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advantage

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advantage
1. noun /ædˈvɑːn.təʤ,ædˈvæn.təʤ/
a) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.

The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.

b) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
See Also: advance, vantage
2. verb /ædˈvɑːn.təʤ,ædˈvæn.təʤ/
To provide with an advantage, to give an edge.
Syn: favor, favorise, benefit

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  • Eleventh Five-Year Period: Time And People., 1986 — About improvement of economic mechanism basing on examples of definite enterprises: "Rostselmash" ["Rostov Agriculture Machinery Plant"}, the collective farm named after Frunze (a Russian revolutionary) in the Belgorod Region, the collective farm "Krasnaya Zarya" ["Red Dawn"] of the Pskov Region and others.
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