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[Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], from [en], from [fro], from [en]. The spelling with _d_
originates in a latinizing [hypercorrection], the _a-_ being falsely supposed
to be from [la] (see advance). For sense development, compare [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] Any condition , circumstance , opportunity or means , particularly favorable or chance to success , or to any desired end.
2. * [III]
3. * [chapter=45]
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1. [en] Superiority; mastery ; — _used with [en] to specify its nature or with [en] to specify the other party_ .
2. * [book=2 Corinthians]
3. [en] Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit ; gain; profit
4. [en] The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
5. [en] The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
6. * [en]
7. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
8. * [III]
**** Synonyms
- [favorable condition or position] [en] , [en]
- [superiority of state, positive aspect] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
- [in tennis] [en]
**** Antonyms
- [en] , [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to
success]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Asturian: [ast] , [ast]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo] , [eo]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] [North Korea] , [ko]
- Krymchak: [jct]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Nahuatl: [nah] , [nah]
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [disused]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg] , [tg] , [tg]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[superiority; mastery]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Krymchak: [jct]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Nahuatl: [nah]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] [dated]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[superiority of state, or that which gives it]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] [used with the definite article]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Krymchak: [jct]
- Latin: [la]
- Nahuatl: [nah]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[the score where one player wins a point after deuce]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] [used without article]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Ido: [io]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Telugu: [te]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to [from 15th c.]
2. * [en]
3. [en] to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage [en] [from 16th c.]
4. * [chapter=7]
**** Usage notes
- Some authorities object to the use of _advantage_ as a verb meaning "to provide with an advantage".
**** Synonyms
- [en] , [en]
- [en]
**** Derived terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[to provide with an edge]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
- [R:OneLook]
- [R:Webster 1913]
** Middle French
*** Etymology
From [frm], see above.
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en]
2. * [frm]
**** Related terms
- [frm]
**** Descendants
- [fr]