to advantage

ad·van·tage

A0102800 (ăd-văn′tĭj)n.1. A beneficial factor or combination of factors: Being tall is usually an advantage in basketball.2. Benefit or profit; gain: It is to your advantage to invest wisely.3. A relatively favorable position; superiority of means: A better education gave us the advantage.4. Sports a. The first point scored in tennis after deuce.b. The resulting score.5. Sports A situation in soccer in which the referee has signaled that a foul has been committed but delays making the call because the fouled team has a more favorable position in play. If the fouled team loses this favorable position, the referee then makes the call.tr.v. ad·van·taged, ad·van·tag·ing, ad·van·tag·es To afford profit or gain to; benefit.Idioms: take advantage of1. To put to good use; avail oneself of: take advantage of all educational opportunities.2. To make use of for selfish reasons; achieve a selfish goal by exploiting: took advantage of him by leaving him with the bill; took advantage of his unsuspecting nature.3. To seduce. to advantage To good effect; favorably: The roses were displayed to advantage in a blue vase.

[Middle English avantage, from Old French, from avant, before, from Latin abante, from before; see advance.]

Thesaurus

Adv.

to advantage - in a manner that uses the most flattering or best aspects of; "the dress brought out her figure to advantage"

Translations

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to advantage

to (one's) advantage

In a way that benefits one. They turned the buyout deal to their advantage by working in a clause wherein they would receive pro rata compensation for earnings from merchandising. I know you're disappointed about the delay, but I think this can actually work to our advantage.See also: advantage

to advantage

Positively or beneficially. You look beautiful. That color really suits you to advantage.See also: advantage

to (good, better, etc.) adˈvantage

in a way that produces a good result: You would be spending your time to better advantage if you did what I suggested. ♢ That’s a lovely picture but it’s not seen to its best advantage on that wall.See also: advantage

to advantage

To good effect; favorably: The roses were displayed to advantage in a blue vase.See also: advantage