English-Thai Dictionary

vantage

N ความได้เปรียบ  ข้อได้เปรียบ  ฐานะ ที่ ได้เปรียบ  การ ถือ ไพ่ เหนือกว่า  kwam-dai-priap

 

vantage point

N ฐานะ หรือ ตำแหน่ง ซึ่ง ได้เปรียบ  จุด ได้เปรียบ  จุด ที่ มองเห็น ได้ กว้างขวาง  vantage position viewpoint ta-na-rue-tam-naeng-sueng-dai-priap

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VANT

v.i.To boast. [This is the more correct orthography. See Vaunt. ]

 

VANTAGE

n.[L. venio. See Advantage and Van. ] 1. Gain; profit. Obs.
2. Superiority; state in which one has better means of action or defense than another. [This, I believe, is used only in the compound, vantage-ground. ]
3. Opportunity; convenience. Obs.

 

VANTAGE

v.t.To profit. [Not in use. ]

 

VANTAGE-GROUND

n.Superiority of state or place; the place or condition which gives one an advantage over another.

 

VANTBRASS

n.Armor for the arm. Obs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VANT

VANT Vant, v. i.

 

Defn: See Vaunt. [Obs. ]

 

VANTAGE

Van "tage (; 48 ), n. Etym: [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 )

 

Defn: 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.

 

VANTAGE

VANTAGE Van "tage, v. t.

 

Defn: To profit; to aid. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

VANTAGE GAME

VANTAGE GAME Van "tage game. (Lawn Tennis )

 

Defn: The first game after the set is deuce. See Set, n., 9.

 

VANTAGE POINT

VANTAGE POINT Vantage point.

 

Defn: A point giving advantage; vantage ground.

 

VANTBRACE; VANTBRASS

Vant "brace, Vant "brass, n. Etym: [F. avant fore + bras arm: cf. F.brassard armor for the arm, brace, forearm. Cf. Vambrace. ] (Anc. Armor )

 

Defn: Armor for the arm; vambrace. Milton.

 

VANT-COURIER

VANT-COURIER Vant "-cou `ri *er, n.

 

Defn: An avant-courier. See Van-courier. [Obs. ] Holland.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Vantaa

Van taa |ˈvänˌtä ˌvɑnˈtɑ | a city in southern Finland, a northern suburb of Helsinki; pop. 196,934 (2009 ). Swedish name Vanda.

 

vantage

van tage |ˈvantij ˈvæntɪʤ |(usu. vantage point ) ▶noun a place or position affording a good view of something: from my vantage point I could see into the front garden | figurative : the past is continuously reinterpreted from the vantage point of the present. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, shortening of Old French avantage ‘advantage. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Vantaa

Vantaa |ˈvantɑː | a city in southern Finland; pop. 196,934 (2009 ). Swedish name Vanda.

 

vantage

vantage |ˈvɑːntɪdʒ |(also vantage point ) ▶noun a place or position affording a good view of something: from my vantage point I could see into the front garden | figurative : the past is continuously reinterpreted from the vantage point of the present. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, shortening of Old French avantage ‘advantage ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

vantage point

vantage point noun from our vantage point it remains a pretty hot issue: point of view, viewpoint, standpoint, stance, stand, view, opinion, position, way of thinking, frame of mind, outlook, perspective, angle, slant.

 

French Dictionary

vantail

vantail ou ventail n. m. (pl. vantaux ou ventaux ) nom masculin Panneau d ’une porte, d ’une fenêtre, etc. , qui s ’ouvre de deux côtés. : Les vantaux ou ventaux d ’une armoire.

 

vantard

vantard , arde adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Qui a tendance à se vanter. : Elle passait pour une personne vantarde. Ce ne sont que des vantards.

 

vantardise

vantardise n. f. nom féminin Disposition habituelle à se vanter. : Sa vantardise est proverbiale. SYNONYME fanfaronnade .

 

vanter

vanter v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif Louer beaucoup, parfois avec excès, quelqu ’un, quelque chose. : Catherine nous a vanté ta gentillesse. SYNONYME célébrer ; exalter ; louanger . verbe pronominal 1 Tirer vanité de. : Elles se sont vantées de connaître le ministre. SYNONYME glorifier de . 2 Prétendre. : Il se vante d ’être le premier. SYNONYME faire fort de ; targuer de . Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Elles se sont vantées de convaincre les récalcitrants. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vantage

van tage /vǽntɪdʒ |vɑ́ːn -/名詞 U 1 優越, 優勢, 有利な点 .2 ｟英 ｠〘テニス 〙バンテージ (advantage ) 〘ジュースの後の最初の1得点 〙.～́ gr ò und 1 ＝vantage point .2 (有利な )見地, 観点 .～́ p ò int (眺望 攻撃 防御などが )有利な位置 (point of vantage ).