How do you use the word "advantage" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "advantage": What is the advantage of this technology? You must not take advantage of her innocence.

Advantage Meaning

/ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.

nounSuperiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.

Sentence Examples

What is the advantage of this technology?

You must not take advantage of her innocence.

They had been given an unfair advantage.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

reward vantage

Antonyms:

disadvantage penalty

CEFR Practice Quiz

Having a height ____ helps basketball players reach the hoop more easily.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

One ____ of living in the city is having easy access to everything.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Late Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Late Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avant Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Old French avantagebor. Middle English avantage English advantage From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d originates in a latinizing hypercorrection, the a- being falsely supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Give me advantage of some brief discourse." — c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

"the advantages of a close alliance" — 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XLV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

"In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way." — 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:

"Lest Satan should get an advantage of us." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 2:11:

"Webb played an advantage that enabled Cazorla to supply a low cross from the left for Giroud to sweep home first time, despite Gallas and Vertonghen being in close attendance." — 2012 November 17, “Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:

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