English-Thai Dictionary

advantage

N ความได้เปรียบ  ข้อได้เปรียบ  ข้อดี  favor preference disadvantage handicap khwam-dai-priab

 

advantage

N ผลประโยชน์  ผลกำไร  คุณ ประโยชน์  ผลดี  benefit gain phon-pra-yot

 

advantage

N โอกาส  o-kad

 

advantage

VT ให้ ประโยชน์  ทำให้ ดีขึ้น  hai-pra-yot

 

advantageous

ADJ เป็นประโยชน์  เป็นคุ ณ  เป็นผลดี  favorable profitable pen-pra-yot

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADVANTAGE

n. 1. Any state, condition, or circumstance, favorable to success, prosperity, interest, or reputation.
The enemy had the advantage of elevated ground.
2. Benefit; gain; profit.
What advantage will it be to thee? Job 35:3.
There exists, in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage.
3. Means to an end; opportunity; convenience for obtaining benefit; as, student enjoy great advantages for improvement.
The General took advantage of his enemy's negligence.
4. Favorable state or circumstances; as, jewels set to advantage.
5. Superiority, or prevalence over; with of or over.
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us, (or over us. ) 2 Corinthians 2:11.
6. Superiority, or that which gives it; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
7. Interest; increase; overplus.
And with advantage means to pay thy love. Obs.
8. Additional circumstance to give preponderation.

 

ADVANTAGE

v.t. 1. To benefit; as to yield profit or gain.
What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? Luke 9:25.
2. To promote; to advance the interest of.

 

ADVANTAGEABLE

a.Profitable; convenient; gainful. [Little used. ]

 

ADVANTAGED

pp. Benefitted; promoted.

 

ADVANTAGE-GROUND

n.Ground that gives advantage or superiority; a state that gives superior advantages for annoyance or resistance.

 

ADVANTAGEOUS

a.Being of advantage; furnishing convenience, or opportunity to gain benefit; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position of the troops; trade is advantageous to a nation.

 

ADVANTAGEOUSLY

adv. In an advantageous manner; profitably; usefully; conveniently.

 

ADVANTAGEOUSNESS

n.The quality or state of being advantageous; profitableness; usefulness; convenience.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADVANTAGE

Ad *van "tage, n. Etym: [OE. avantage, avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See Advance, and cf. Vantage. ]

 

1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position. Give me advantage of some brief discourse. Shak. The advantages of a close alliance. Macaulay.

 

2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over. Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. 2 Cor. ii. 11.

 

3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.

 

4. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen ). [Obs. ] And with advantage means to pay thy love. Shak. Advantage ground, vantage ground. [R.] Clarendon. -- To have the advantage of (any one ), to have a personal knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge. "You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to have had the honor. " Sheridan. -- To take advantage of, to profit by; (often used in a bad sense ) to overreach, to outwit.

 

Syn. -- Advantage, Advantageous, Benefit, Beneficial. We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial, when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits of early discipline; the beneficial effects of adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting forward, and places us on a "vantage ground " for further effort. Hence, there is a difference between the benefits and the advantages of early education; between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of money.

 

ADVANTAGE

Ad *van "tage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advantaged; p. pr. & vb. n.Advantaging. ] Etym: [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See Advance. ]

 

Defn: To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit. The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him. Fuller. What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away Luke ix. 25. To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs. ]

 

ADVANTAGEABLE

ADVANTAGEABLE Ad *van "tage *a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Advantageous. [Obs. ]

 

ADVANTAGEOUS

Ad `van *ta "geous, a. Etym: [F. avantageux, fr. avantage. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

ADVANTAGEOUSLY

ADVANTAGEOUSLY Ad `van *ta "geous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Profitably; with advantage.

 

ADVANTAGEOUSNESS

ADVANTAGEOUSNESS Ad `van *ta "geous *ness, n.

 

Defn: Profitableness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

advantage

ad van tage |ədˈvantij ədˈvæn (t )ɪʤ | ▶noun a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position: companies with a computerized database are at an advantage | she had an advantage over her mother's generation. • the opportunity to gain something; benefit or profit: you could learn something to your advantage | he saw some advantage in the proposal. • a favorable or desirable circumstance or feature; a benefit: the village's proximity to the town is an advantage. • Tennis a player's score in a game when they have won the first point after deuce (and will win the game if they win the next point ). ▶verb [ with obj. ] put in a favorable or more favorable position. PHRASES have the advantage of dated be in a stronger position than. take advantage of 1 make unfair demands on (someone ) who cannot or will not resist; exploit or make unfair use of for one's own benefit: people tend to take advantage of a placid nature. • dated (used euphemistically ) seduce. 2 make good use of the opportunities offered by (something ): take full advantage of the facilities available. to advantage in a way that displays or makes good use of the best aspects of something: her shoes showed off her legs to advantage | plan your space to its best advantage . turn something to advantage (or to one's advantage ) handle or respond to something in such a way as to benefit from it. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French avantage, from avant ‘in front, ’ from late Latin abante (see advance ).

 

advantaged

ad van taged |ədˈvantijd ədˈvæn (t )ɪʤd | ▶adjective having a comparatively favorable position, typically in terms of economic or social circumstances: children from less advantaged homes.

 

advantageous

ad van ta geous |ˌadvənˈtājəs ædvənˈteɪʤəs | ▶adjective involving or creating favorable circumstances that increase the chances of success or effectiveness; beneficial: the scheme is advantageous to your company | we are in an advantageous position. DERIVATIVES ad van ta geous ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

advantage

ad ¦van |tage |ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ | ▶noun a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favourable or superior position: companies with a computerized database are at an advantage | she had an advantage over her mother's generation. • [ mass noun ] the opportunity to gain something; benefit or profit: you could learn something to your advantage | he saw some advantage in the proposal. • a favourable or desirable feature: the village's proximity to the town is an advantage. • Tennis a score marking a point interim between deuce and winning the game. ▶verb [ with obj. ] put in a favourable or superior position. PHRASES have the advantage of dated be in a stronger position than. take advantage of 1 exploit for one's own benefit: people tend to take advantage of a placid nature. • dated (of a man ) seduce (a woman ). 2 make good use of the opportunities offered by: take full advantage of the facilities available. to advantage in a way which displays or makes good use of the best aspects of something: her shoes showed off her legs to advantage | plan your space to its best advantage . turn something to advantage (or to one's advantage ) handle or respond to something in such a way as to benefit from it. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French avantage, from avant ‘in front ’, from late Latin abante (see advance ).

 

advantaged

ad ¦van |taged |ədˈvɑːntɪdʒd | ▶adjective having a comparatively favourable position in terms of economic or social circumstances: children from less advantaged homes.

 

advantageous

advantageous |advənˈteɪdʒəs | ▶adjective involving or creating favourable circumstances that increase the chances of success or effectiveness; beneficial: the scheme is advantageous to your company | we are in an advantageous position. DERIVATIVES advantageously |adv (ə )nˈteɪdʒəsli |adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

advantage

advantage noun 1 the advantages of belonging to a union: benefit, value, good point, strong point, asset, plus, bonus, boon, blessing, virtue; attraction, beauty, usefulness, helpfulness, convenience, advantageousness, profit. ANTONYMS disadvantage, drawback. 2 they appeared to be gaining the advantage over their opponents: upper hand, edge, lead, whip hand, trump card; superiority, dominance, ascendancy, supremacy, power, mastery; informal inside track, catbird seat. 3 there is no advantage to be gained from delaying the process: benefit, profit, gain, good; informal mileage. ANTONYMS detriment.

 

advantageous

advantageous adjective 1 an advantageous position: superior, dominant, powerful; good, fortunate, lucky, favorable. ANTONYMS inferior. 2 the arrangement is advantageous to both sides: beneficial, of benefit, helpful, of assistance, useful, of use, of value, of service, profitable, fruitful; convenient, expedient. ANTONYMS detrimental.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

advantage

advantage noun 1 the advantages of belonging to a union: benefit, value, reward, merit, good point, strong point, asset, plus, bonus, boon, blessing, virtue, privilege, perk, fringe benefit, additional benefit, added extra; attraction, desirability, beauty, usefulness, helpfulness, convenience, advantageousness, expedience, expediency, profit, profitability, advisability; formal perquisite. ANTONYMS disadvantage, drawback, handicap. 2 they appeared to be gaining the advantage over their opponents: upper hand, edge, lead, head, whip hand, trump card; superiority, dominance, ascendancy, supremacy, primacy, precedence, power, mastery, control, sway, authority; N. Amer. informal the catbird seat; Austral. /NZ informal the box seat. 3 they exploit natural resources to their own advantage | there is no advantage to be gained from delaying the process: benefit, profit, gain, good, interest, welfare, well-being, enjoyment, satisfaction, comfort, ease, convenience; help, aid, assistance, use, utility, service, purpose, effect, object, reason, worth; informal mileage, percentage. ANTONYMS detriment. PHRASES take advantage of 1 you are trying to take advantage of my staff and my friends: exploit, abuse, impose on, prey on, play on, misuse, ill-treat, bleed, suck dry, squeeze, wring, enslave, treat unfairly, withhold rights from; manipulate, cheat, swindle, fleece, victimize, live off the backs of; informal walk (all ) over, take for a ride, put one over on, cash in on, rip off. 2 we encourage farmers to take advantage of this free service: make use of, utilize, put to use, use, use to good advantage, turn /put to good use, make the most of, capitalize on, benefit from, turn to account, draw on; profit from /by, make capital out of; informal cash in on, milk.

 

advantageous

advantageous adjective 1 at the end of the war, farmers were in a relatively advantageous position: superior, dominant, powerful, important, commanding, excellent, good, fine, fortunate, lucky, privileged, favourable, preferable, preferred, favoured, more desirable, most desirable. ANTONYMS inferior. 2 the arrangement is advantageous to both sides: beneficial, of benefit, helpful, of assistance, useful, of use, valuable, of value, of service, profitable, fruitful, rewarding, gainful, lucrative; suitable, convenient, expedient, appropriate, fitting, favourable, auspicious, propitious, fortuitous, lucky; in everyone's interests. ANTONYMS disadvantageous, detrimental.

 

Duden Dictionary

Advantage

Ad van tage Substantiv, maskulin Tennis , der |ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ |der Advantage; Genitiv: des Advantages, Plural: die Advantages englisch advantage < französisch avantage, zu: avant = vor < spätlateinisch abante englische Bezeichnung für: Vorteil 2

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

advantage

ad van tage /ədvǽntɪdʒ |-vɑ́ːn -/ (! disadvantageとの対比では時に /-́-- /; 3 の意味ではしばしば /ædvǽnteɪdʒ /) 〖advant (前にある )age (状態 )〗(形 )advantageous 名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 C «…に対する » 利点 , 長所 «over » ; «…することの » 優越点, 強み «in [of, to ] (do ing )» (↔disadvantage )▸ Mike has an advantage over other students .マイクはほかの生徒をしのいでいる ▸ be at an advantage 有利な状態にある ▸ give A an unfair advantage A 〈人 〉を不当に優遇する ▸ There is an advantage to getting acquainted with Ed .エドと知り合いになればうまみがある [役に立つ ]表現 コーパス …な利点 ▸ a distinct [definite ] ～顕著な利点 ▸ a big [great ] ～大きな利点 ▸ a real ～真の利点 ▸ a main [major ] ～主たる利点 ▸ a comparative [competitive ] ～比較 [競争 ]上の利点 2 U (相手に対する )有利 (な状態 ), 優位 , 優越, 便利, 好都合 (↔disadvantage )▸ gain political advantage 政治的に優位に立つ 3 U 〘テニス 〙アドバンテージ 〘40:40のジュース (deuce )後の先取点 〙.g à in [g è t ] an adv á ntage (over A )(A 〈人 物 〉より )優位に立つ ; 勝る ▸ The candidate gains an advantage over his rivals .その候補者はライバルをしのいでいる g ì ve A an adv á ntage (over B )〈物 事 〉がA 〈人など 〉を (B 〈ほかの人など 〉より )優位に立たせる .h à ve the adv á ntage of A 1 〈人などが 〉A 〈物 事 〉という利点 [長所 ]を持っている (!Aは 名詞 動名 ) ▸ Hide has the advantage of speaking Italian .ヒデにはイタリア語を話すという強みがある 2 ｟英 やや古 ｠〈人が 〉A 〈ほかの人 〉より優位に立っている ; Aを一方的によく知っている (!今ではofよりoverの方が普通; ↑1 ) .press h ò me one's adv á ntage 好機を思う存分活用する .t à ke adv á ntage of A 1 A 〈機会 状況 利点 成果など 〉を利用する ▸ Take full advantage of educational opportunities to succeed in life .人生で成功するために, 最大限に教育の機会を活用しなさい 2 A 〈人など 〉をだます ; ｟やや古 ｠A 〈女性 〉を誘惑する ; A 〈失敗 無知など 〉に付け込む ▸ People started taking advantage of his kindness .人々は彼の親切心に付け込み始めた t à ke A at adv á ntage ｟古 ｠A 〈人 〉を不意打ちする .to (A's ) adv á ntage (A 〈人など 〉に )有利になるように ▸ She turned [used ] a weakness to her advantage .彼女は弱点をうまく利用した to (the ) b è st [g ò od, b è tter ] adv á ntage 最高の [よい, よりよい ]状態で 〈見せる 働くなど 〉.動詞 他動詞 〈物などが 〉〈人など 〉に利益を与える, 役立つ .

 

advantaged

ad v á n taged 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〈人などが 〉利点を持つ, 恵まれた, 有利 [裕福 ]な .

 

advantageous

ad van ta geous /æ̀dv (ə )ntéɪdʒəs / (! 名詞 の前では á dvant à geous ) →advantage 形容詞 more ～; most ～【人などにとって 】有利な, 好都合な «to , for » (↔disadvantageous )▸ The deal was financially advantageous to him .その取引は彼にとって金銭的に有利だった ～ly 副詞 有利 [好都合 ]に .