advantage

About 48.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.

   The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.

2. noun Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
3. noun Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit

   the advantage of a good constitution

4. noun The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
5. noun The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
6. noun Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
7. verb to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
8. verb to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of

Similar words

vantage advantageous benefit beneficial avail expediency favor predominance enabling convenience

Often followed by

of in to over that is for and from

Word family

advantaged advantages advantaging