advantageous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
advantage + -ous or from Middle French avantageus (French avantageux). See advantage.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˌædvənˈteɪd͡ʒəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪdʒəs
- Hyphenation: ad‧van‧ta‧geous
Adjective[edit]
advantageous (comparative more advantageous, superlative most advantageous)
- Being of advantage, beneficial.
- Synonyms: behooveful, furthersome, gainful, profitable, useful
- 1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter XXXII, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 324:
- Jim took up an advantageous position and shepherded them out in a bunch through the doorway: [...]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
being of advantage — see also beneficial
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