adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Or reached a compromise more advantageous to workers than management.
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It will be more advantageous for the aquarist to acquire pre-cultivated seedlings or fully developed plants from aquatic plant shops.
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Following from the Companies Acts of 1980 and 1981, it is much more advantageous to register as a private company.
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Oft repeated exercise with lighter weights is much more advantageous than when heavy weights are used.
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Others have found it more advantageous to acquire a local bank or set up a joint venture with local banks.
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It seemed to me that it would be more advantageous to spend less on officials and more on medical supplies.
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I have known a life transformed simply by moving a desk to a more advantageous position.
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It would be more advantageous to study an action picture which has been captured at a lower camera speed.
most
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The national interest lies in all the nation's resources being put to the most advantageous use possible.
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This means the taxpayer can arrange to pay his taxes when he feels like it or when it is most advantageous .
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Again, they are presumed to choose the most advantageous alternative, and this will tend to restore the no-arbitrage condition.
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The general policy is to set off overpayments in the manner that is most advantageous to the taxpayer.
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They will find sellers eager to win their business, and will be offered the most advantageous terms.
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It reflects their need to satisfy customers, meet regulatory obligations, market services, and make the most advantageous decisions.
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Various formulae are possible, but the most advantageous from the computational standpoint appear to be the following.
mutually
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Unless he thought there might be a mutually advantageous way to handle the matter between ourselves.
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What he was denying was their ability to achieve the outcomes to which the opportunities for mutually advantageous trade clearly pointed.
■ NOUN
position
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I have known a life transformed simply by moving a desk to a more advantageous position .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After mating, the territory is advantageous in protecting the eggs and young fish.
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Immigrants presumably want to migrate because it is advantageous for them to do so.
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In biological writing it has often been said that a character is advantageous or detrimental to a species.
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Many bus companies provide advantageous fare tickets especially for tourists.
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To drive out a sick individual is sometimes advantageous , because the sickness may be infectious.