'Vantage' definitions:
Definition of 'vantage'
From: WordNet
noun
Place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
noun
The quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me" [syn: advantage, vantage] [ant: disadvantage]
Definition of 'Vantage'
From: GCIDE
- Vantage \Van"tage\, v. t. To profit; to aid. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vantage'
From: 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.] [1913 Webster]
- O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [PJC]
- 3. (Tennis) The first point scored after deuce; advantage[5]. [Brit.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: When the server wins this point, it is called vantage in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is called vantage out. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- It is these things that give him his actual standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he looks around him. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vantage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advantage,
- allowance,
- ambit,
- angle,
- angle of vision,
- bailiwick,
- bulge,
- coign of vantage,
- constituency,
- deadwood,
- draw,
- drop,
- edge,
- flying start,
- footing,
- handicap,
- head start,
- inside track,
- jump,
- mental outlook,
- odds,
- orbit,
- outlook,
- point of view,
- running start,
- something extra,
- something in reserve,
- sphere of influence,
- stamping ground,
- standpoint,
- start,
- territory,
- turf,
- upper hand,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- viewpoint,
- whip hand
Vantage, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Vantage, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
Population (2000) :
70
Housing Units (2000) :
39
Land area (2000) :
0.318660 sq. miles (0.825326 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.318660 sq. miles (0.825326 sq. km)
FIPS code :
74200
Located within :
Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location :
46.946710 N, 119.991758 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.