| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A dominating position, as in a conflict: better1, bulge, draw, drop, edge, superiority, upper hand, vantage. Informal : inside track, jump. See OVER. 2. A factor conducive to superiority and success: handicap, head start, odds, start, vantage. See HELP. 3. Something beneficial: avail, benefit, blessing, boon1, favor, gain, profit. See HELP. 4. Something that contributes to or increases one's well-being: benefit, good, interest (often used in plural), profit. See HELP. 5. The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end: account, avail, benefit, profit, use, usefulness, utility. See USED. | | VERB: | To be an advantage to: avail, benefit, profit, serve. Archaic : boot2. Idioms: stand someone in good stead. See HELP.
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