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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Advantageous \Ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [F. avantageux fr avantage.] Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. --Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is wherever one goes. --Chesterfield. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: advantageous adj 1: giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often" [ant: {disadvantageous}] 2: appropriate for achieving a particular end implies a lack of concern for fairness [syn: {appropriate}] 3: likely to be of benefit or advantage; "in an advantageous position" 4: very favorable or advantageous; "a golden opportunity" [syn: {favorable}, {golden}]
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