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vantage

/ˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/

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What does vantage mean?

noun

  1. A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
  2. A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. (archaic) An advantage.
  2. (dated) Alternative form of advantage (score after deuce)

verb

  1. (obsolete) To profit; to aid.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/

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There was a scramble to various points of vantage and she was soon observed coming up the east coast very slowly.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
I have a heart as little apt as yours, But yet a brain that leads my use of anger To better vantage.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
More book examples (3)
The bay window of his “Dental Parlors” was for him a point of vantage from which he watched the world go past.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205
In fact, education offers a vantage ground from which to penetrate to the human, as distinct from the technical, significance of philosophic discussions.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852