vantage
pronunciation
How to pronounce vantage in British English:
UK ['vɑ:ntɪdʒ]
How to pronounce vantage in American English:
US [ˈvæntɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
Word Origin
- vantage (n.)
- early 14c., "advantage, profit," from Anglo-French vantage, from Old French avantage "advantage, profit, superiority" (see advantage). Vantage point "favorable position" attested from 1865; a similar notion was in earlier vantage ground (1610s).
Example
- 1. And , from his vantage point as france 's electoral weathervane , who does the mayor think will win ?
- 2. Yet from today 's global vantage point , we have undoubtedly all had too much of this good thing .
- 3. And thanks to its vantage point in space , the craft 's telescope can obtain much clearer images than earth-based instruments .
- 4. The report 's co-author , noor huda ismail , has a fine vantage point : he is an al-mukmin alumnus turned security analyst .
- 5. Her novel , " if I could tell you , " about raising autistic children , was recently published by vantage point books .