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English Dictionary: vantage	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for vantage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vantage n place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me" Synonym(s): advantage, vantage Antonym(s): disadvantage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vantage \Van"tage\, v. t. To profit; to aid. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vantage \Van"tage\ (v[adot]n"t[asl]j; 48), n. [Aphetic form of OE. avantage, fr. F. avantage. See {Advantage}.] 1. superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage. [R.] O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! --Shak. 2. (Lawn Tennis) The first point after deuce. Note: When the server wins this point, it is called vantage in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is called vantage out. {To have at vantage}, to have the advantage of; to be in a more favorable condition than. [bd]He had them at vantage, being tired and harassed with a long march.[b8] --Bacon. {Vantage ground}, superiority of state or place; the place or condition which gives one an advantage over another. [bd]The vantage ground of truth. --Bacon. It is these things that give him his actual standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he looks around him. --I. Taylor.