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advantage

1. noun positive point2. noun use, benefit3. noun financial4. noun in competition etc5. noun SPOR lead in points, goals6. noun SPOR in tennis7. noun SOCC, SPOR, RUGBY rule in team sports8. verb give boost to
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1 noun positive pointbuntáiste masc4  c m uit has many advantages for patients tá cuid mhór buntáistí ag baint leis d'othairit has the advantage of being very light tá sé de bhuntáiste aige go bhfuil sé an-éadrom, tá sé de bhua aige go bhfuil sé an-éadromthe advantage of this product is that it's cheap tá sé de bhua ag an táirge seo go bhfuil sé saor 2 noun use, benefitbuntáiste masc4  c m utairbhe fem4  c m uleas masc3  c m usochar masc1  c m uwill it be of any advantage? an mbeidh aon mhaith leis?, an mbeidh aon tairbhe leis?a new car wouldn't be of much advantage ba bheag an mhaith carr nua
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3 noun financialbuntáiste masc4  c m uleas masc3  c m usochar masc1  c m utax advantages buntáistí cánach 4 noun in competition etcbuntáiste masc4  c m uexperience is a big advantage is mór an buntáiste é taithí a bheith agatthat team had an advantage over us bhí lámh an uachtair ag an bhfoireann sin orainnto be at an advantage buntáiste a bheith agat ar dhaoine eile 5 noun SPOR lead in points, goalsfarasbarr masc1  c m uwe had a three-point advantage over them bhí farasbarr trí phointe againn orthu, bhíomar trí phointe chun tosaigh orthu 6 noun SPOR in tennisbuntáiste masc4  c m uadvantage Federer buntáiste ag Federer 7 noun SOCC, SPOR, RUGBY rule in team sportsbuntáiste masc4  c m uthe referee played the advantage cheadaigh an réiteoir an buntáistethe advantage rule riail an bhuntáiste 8 verb give boost to TRANSITIVEbuntáiste a thabhairt do  c m uthe change advantaged me thug an t-athrú buntáiste dom, bhí an t-athrú le mo leas, chuaigh an t-athrú chun sochair dom, chuaigh an t-athrú chun tairbhe domit's against the law to advantage one candidate over another tá sé i gcoinne an dlí buntáiste a thabhairt d'iarratasóir amháin thar iarratasóir eile
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for your own advantage

(also

for your personal advantage

) ar mhaithe leat féinto use sth for your own advantage rud a úsáid ar mhaithe leat féin, úsáid a bhaint as rud chun do leasa féin, leas pearsanta a bhaint as rud

to take advantage of

1 make good use ofleas a bhaint as  c m utairbhe a bhaint as  c m uthe course is free, so take advantage of this! tá an cúrsa saor in aisce, tapaigh do dheis! 2 exploit unfairlybuntáiste a bhreith artar i dtír ar  c m uto take advantage of sb úsáid a bhaint as duine, teacht i dtír ar dhuine, suí i mbun duine 3 euphemistic sexuallyhe took advantage of her bhrúigh sé é féin uirthi, bhain sé úsáid aisti

to advantage

(also

to good advantage

) the dress showed her figure to advantage luigh an gúna go deas le cruth a coirpto use sth to good advantage an-tairbhe a bhaint as rud

to sb's advantage

you'll hear something to your advantage cluinfidh tú rud a bheidh le do leas, cloisfidh tú rud a rachaidh chun sochair duit

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