advantage

advantage
advantage [{{t}}əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ]
1 noun
(a) (benefit) avantage m;
her experience gives her an advantage over the other candidates son expérience lui donne un avantage sur les autres candidats;
they have an advantage over us or the advantage of us ils ont un avantage sur nous;
the plan has the advantage of being extremely cheap le plan présente l'avantage d'être extrêmement bon marché;
it's to your advantage to learn another language c'est (dans) ton intérêt d'apprendre une autre langue;
that would be to their advantage cela leur serait avantageux, ils y auraient intérêt;
the recession/weather worked to their advantage la récession/le temps les a avantagés ou a travaillé pour eux;
to turn sth to advantage tirer parti de qch, mettre qch à profit;
she turned the situation to her advantage elle a tiré parti de la situation, elle a tourné la situation à son avantage;
to turn out to sb's advantage (event) tourner à l'avantage de qn, profiter à qn;
to take advantage of sth (to do sth) profiter de qch (pour faire qch);
we took advantage of the holiday weekend to do some gardening nous avons profité du long week-end pour faire du jardinage;
to take advantage of sb (make use of) profiter de qn; (exploit) exploiter qn; (abuse sexually) abuser de qn;
they'll only take advantage (of your generosity etc) ils ne feront qu'en profiter;
that would be taking advantage! ce serait abuser!;
she uses her charm to great advantage elle sait user de son charme;
that colour shows her eyes off to great advantage cette couleur met ses yeux en valeur;
this lighting shows the pictures to their best advantage cet éclairage met les tableaux en valeur;
{{}}British{{}} {{}}formal{{}} you have the advantage of me à qui ai-je l'honneur?
(b) {{}}Sport{{}} (in tennis) avantage m;
advantage Henman avantage Henman
(c) {{}}Sport{{}}
to play advantage (in football, rugby) laisser l'avantage, appliquer la règle de l'avantage
2 transitive verb
avantager
►► {{}}Sport{{}} advantage rule (in football, rugby) règle f de l'avantage;
to play the advantage rule laisser l'avantage, appliquer la règle de l'avantage

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