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  • 31advantage — noun 1 thing that helps ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, great, huge, overwhelming ▪ clear, decided, decisive …

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  • 32advantage — noun 1 THAT HELPS YOU (C, U) something that helps you to be better or more successful than others (+ of): the advantages of a university education | have an advantage (over): For certain types of work wood has advantages over plastic. | give sb… …

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  • 33advantage — ad|van|tage [ əd væntıdʒ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount something that makes one person or thing more likely to succeed than others: BENEFIT: the advantages of a good education give someone an advantage: Her teaching experience gives her an… …

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  • 34use — 1. verb 1) she used her key to open the front door Syn: utilize, make use of, avail oneself of, employ, work, operate, wield, ply, apply, maneuver, manipulate, put to use, put/press into service 2) the court will use its discretion in making an… …

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  • 35use — Synonyms and related words: ablation, absolute interest, abuse, account, act toward, adaptability, advantage, appliance, applicability, application, apply, appropriateness, automatism, avail, availability, bad habit, behalf, behave toward, behoof …

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  • 36advantage — /ədˈvæntɪdʒ / (say uhd vantij), / ˈvan / (say vahn ) noun 1. any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favourable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education. 2. benefit; gain; profit: it is to her… …

  • 37use — 1. verb 1) she used her key to open the door Syn: utilize, employ, avail oneself of, work, operate, wield, ply, apply, put into service 2) the court will use its discretion Syn: exercise …

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  • 38advantage — ad•van•tage [[t]ædˈvæn tɪdʒ, ˈvɑn [/t]] n. v. taged, taging 1) any circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success or a desired end: the advantages of a good education[/ex] 2) benefit; gain; profit: It will be to your advantage …

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  • 39advantage — n. & v. n. 1 a beneficial feature; a favourable circumstance. 2 benefit, profit (is not to your advantage). 3 (often foll. by over) a better position; superiority in a particular respect. 4 (in lawn tennis) the next point won after deuce. v.tr. 1 …

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  • 40advantage — noun 1》 a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favourable position.     ↘benefit; profit. 2》 Tennis a score marking a point interim between deuce and winning the game. verb be of benefit to. ↘[as adjective advantaged] in a favourable… …

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