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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vantage \Van"tage\ (v[.a]n"t[asl]j; 48), n. [Aphetic form of OE.
avantage, fr. F. avantage. See {Advantage}.]
1. Superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain;
profit; advantage. [R.]
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O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! --Shak.
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2. 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}.
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3. (Tennis) The first point scored after deuce; advantage[5].
[Brit.]
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Note: When the server wins this point, it is called vantage
in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is
called vantage out.
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{To have at vantage}, to have the advantage of; to be in a
more favorable condition than. "He had them at vantage,
being tired and harassed with a long march." --Bacon.
{Vantage ground}, superiority of state or place; the place or
condition which gives one an advantage over another. "The
vantage ground of truth." --Bacon.
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It is these things that give him his actual
standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he
looks around him. --I. Taylor.
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แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
