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# advantageous

adjective (advantageous, more advantageous, most advantageous)

«advantageous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(formal) Helpful and giving you a better chance of success; good for you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantageous/#m1)

### In the lessons

Formal word used in exams, reports and science: an advantageous position, an advantageous adaptation that helps an animal survive. Phrases: advantageous to, mutually advantageous, an advantageous position.

### Examples

- Being tall is advantageous in basketball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantageous/#x1)
- Thick fur is advantageous for animals living in the cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantageous/#x2)
- It would be advantageous to start early. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantageous/#x3)
- The team had an advantageous position at half-time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantageous/#x4)
- The deal was advantageous to both sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantageous/#x5)
- Learning a second language can be advantageous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantageous/#x6)
- About three weeks after this exploit there arrived an embassy from Blefuscu, with humble offers of peace, which was soon concluded, on terms very advantageous to our Emperor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantageous/#x7)

### Note

Formal; everyday words: helpful, useful, good for. Spelling: advantage + ous, keeping the e: advantageous. Pronounced ad-van-TAY-jus. Opposite: disadvantageous.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «advantageous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/advantageous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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