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vantage |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vantage \Van"tage\, v. t. To profit; to aid. [Obs.] --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vantage \Van"tage\ (v[.a]n"t[asl]j; 48), n. [Aphetic form of OE avantage, fr F. avantage. See {Advantage}.] 1. superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage. [R.] O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! --Shak. 2. (Lawn Tennis) The first point after deuce. Note: When the server wins this point, it is called vantage in when the receiver, or striker out wins, it is called vantage out {To have at vantage}, to have the advantage of to be in a more favorable condition than ``He had them at vantage, being tired and harassed with a long march.'' --Bacon. {Vantage ground}, superiority of state or place the place or condition which gives one an advantage over another. ``The vantage ground of truth. --Bacon. It is these things that give him his actual standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he looks around him --I. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vantage n 1: place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective) 2: the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "he experience gave him the advantage over me" [syn: {advantage}] [ant: {disadvantage}]
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