Vantage Meaning
/ˈvɑːntɪd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn advantage.
nounA place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
Sentence Examples
The top of the hill is a good vantage point.
From my vantage point, I can't see the action.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The mountain peak offered a perfect ____ for watching the sunrise.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
From our ____ point on the hill, we could see the entire city spread out below us in the bright sunlight today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English vantage, by apheresis from advantage; see advantage.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The Londoners seeing that they could get no vantage against the duke, who was without their reach, to bewreak their anger they took his arms, which in most despiteful wise they hanged up in the open places of the city in sign of reproach, as for a traitor; […]"
— 1841, John Foxe, The History of John Wickliffe, page 21:
"From this point of vantage, we were able to gain an impression of the massive outlines of the main structure, and its intricate maze of girders."
— 1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:
"O happy vantage of a kneeling knee!"
— 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
"needlesse feare did never vantage none"
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The mountain peak offered a perfect ____ for watching the sunrise.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
From our ____ point on the hill, we could see the entire city spread out below us in the bright sunlight today.