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Vantage

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van=tage

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Vantage has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Vantagen. [Aphetic form of OE. avantage, fr. F. avantage. See Advantage.].
  •  Superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.  [1913 Webster]
    "O happy vantage of a kneeling knee!"  [1913 Webster]
  •  A position offering a superior view of a scene or situation; -- used literally and figuratively; as, from the vantage of hindsight; also called vantage point.  [PJC]
  •  The first point scored after deuce; advantage{5}.  [1913 Webster]
    " When the server wins this point, it is called vantage in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is called vantage out."  [1913 Webster]
    "It is these things that give him his actual standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he looks around him."  [1913 Webster]
Vantagev. t. 
     To profit; to aid.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Vantage, n.
1 (also vantage point or ground) a place affording a good view or prospect.
2 Tennis = ADVANTAGE.
3 archaic an advantage or gain.

Etymology
ME f. AF f. OF avantage ADVANTAGE

THESAURUS

Vantage

advantage, allowance, ambit, angle, angle of vision, bailiwick, bulge, coign of vantage, constituency, deadwood, draw, drop, edge, flying start, footing, handicap, head start, inside track, jump, mental outlook, odds, orbit, outlook, point of view, running start, something extra, something in reserve, sphere of influence, stamping ground, standpoint, start, territory, turf, upper hand, vantage ground, vantage point, viewpoint, whip hand
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