What does vantage mean?

Definitions for vantage
ˈvæn tɪdʒ, ˈvɑn-van·tage

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vantagenoun

    place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)

  2. advantage, vantagenoun

    the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

    "the experience gave him the advantage over me"

GCIDE

  1. Vantagenoun

    A position offering a superior view of a scene or situation; -- used literally and figuratively; as, from the vantage of hindsight; also called vantage point.

Wiktionary

  1. vantagenoun

    An advantage.

  2. vantagenoun

    A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.

  3. Etymology: From vantage, by apheresis from advantage; see advantage.

ChatGPT

  1. vantage

    Vantage refers to the place or position that offers a particularly good, clear, or comprehensive view of a scene or situation. It can also refer to an advantage or superiority in a particular area or subject.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vantagenoun

    superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage

  2. Vantagenoun

    the first point after deuce

  3. Vantageverb

    to profit; to aid

  4. Etymology: [Aphetic form of OE. avantage, fr. F. avantage. See Advantage.]

Wikidata

  1. Vantage

    Vantage is a census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 70 at the 2000 census.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Vantage

    van′tāj, n. advantage: in lawn-tennis, same as advantage: (Shak.) opportunity, convenience, excess, addition.—v.i. (Spens.) to benefit, profit.—ns. Van′tage-ground, -point, superiority of place, opportunity, &c.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vantage in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vantage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of vantage in a Sentence

  1. Lionel Trilling:

    Any historian of the literature of the modern age will take virtually for granted the adversary intention, the actually subversive intention, that characterizes modern writing -- he will perceive its clear purpose of detaching the reader from the habits of thought and feeling that the larger culture imposes, of giving him a ground and a vantage point from which to judge and condemn, and perhaps revise, the culture that produces him.

  2. Chris Corbould:

    The V8 Vantage for me was very nostalgic, because I was in charge of that sequence out in Austria with the original one, and to see it come back in this film was very nostalgic for me.

  3. Iraqi President Barham Salih:

    From my vantage point, you will not get me in a situation where I would defend [ suspending Reuters ].

  4. Scott Richardson:

    I use it mostly to take pictures from vantage points that you couldn't get any other way.

  5. Anthony Bourdain:

    From my privileged vantage point, I've encountered a lot of extraordinary people with exciting things to say. This is a chance to get those voices heard. We look forward to publishing an unusual mix of new authors, existing works, neglected or under-appreciated masterworks, and translations of people from elsewhere who we think are just too damned brilliant not to be available in English.

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