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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ad·van·ta·geous 
[ad-vuhn-tey-juhs] Pronunciation Key
[ad-vuhn-tey-juhs] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial: an advantageous position; an advantageous treaty. |
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| ad·van·ta·geous
(ād'vān-tā'jəs, -vən-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Affording advantage; beneficial. See Synonyms at beneficial. ad'van·ta'geous·ly adv., ad'van·ta'geous·ness n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| advantageous | |
adjective | |
| 1. | giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often" [ant: disadvantageous] |
| 2. | appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Advantageous
Ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [F. avantageux, fr. avantage.] Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. --Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. --Chesterfield.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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