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advantageous

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ad⋅van⋅ta⋅geous

  [ad-vuhn-tey-juhs]
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–adjective
providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial: an advantageous position; an advantageous treaty.
Origin:
1590–1600; advantage + -ous; cf. F avantageux, It avantaggioso

Related forms:
ad⋅van⋅ta⋅geous⋅ly, adverb
ad⋅van⋅ta⋅geous⋅ness, noun
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ad·van·ta·geous   (ād'vān-tā'jəs, -vən-)   
adj.  Affording advantage; beneficial. See Synonyms at beneficial.
ad'van·ta'geous·ly adv., ad'van·ta'geous·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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