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To profit from a situation deliberately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- She took advantage of the economic crisis to exchange some money.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To make use of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
draw advantages from
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he is capitalizing on her mistake
- she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capitalize, capitalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: profit, gain, benefit
make excessive use of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- You are taking advantage of my good will!
- She is trespassing upon my privacy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trespass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: use
Narrower terms: impinge, encroach, entrench, trench
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
извличам изгода
(izvličam izgoda)
— profit from a situation
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Catalan:
aprofitar
— profit from a situation
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Catalan:
aprofitar-se
— profit from a situation
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Esperanto:
profiti
— profit from a situation
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French:
tirer profit
— profit from a situation
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Greek:
επωφελούμαι
(epofeloúmai)
— profit from a situation
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Hungarian:
kihasznál
— profit from a situation
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Italian:
approfittare
— profit from a situation
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Italian:
avvantaggiarsi
— profit from a situation
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Ladino:
profitar
— profit from a situation
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Māori:
makihuhunu
— profit from a situation
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Polish:
korzystać
— profit from a situation
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Polish:
skorzystać
— profit from a situation
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Portuguese:
aproveitar
— profit from a situation
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Portuguese:
tirar proveito
— profit from a situation
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Russian:
получа́ть при́быль
(polučátʹ príbylʹ)
— profit from a situation
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Scots:
tak the guid o
— profit from a situation
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Scottish Gaelic:
gabh brath
— profit from a situation
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Spanish:
aprovechar
— profit from a situation
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Spanish:
aprovecharse
— profit from a situation
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Swedish:
dra nytta
— profit from a situation
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Dutch:
gebruikmaken van
— make use of something
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Hungarian:
hasznosít
— make use of something
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Māori:
whakamahi
— make use of something
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Polish:
wykorzystywać
— make use of something
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Polish:
wykorzystać
— make use of something
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Scots:
tak the guid o
— make use of something
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Scottish Gaelic:
gabh brath
— make use of something
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Spanish:
aprovecharse
— make use of something
