TAKE ADVANTAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take advantage mean? 

• TAKE ADVANTAGE (verb)
  The verb TAKE ADVANTAGE has 2 senses:

1. draw advantages from

2. make excessive use of

  Familiarity information: TAKE ADVANTAGE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE ADVANTAGE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Draw advantages from

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

capitalise; capitalize; take advantage

Context example:

she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover

Hypernyms (to "take advantage" is one way to...):

benefit; gain; profit (derive a benefit from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make excessive use of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

take advantage; trespass

Context example:

She is trespassing upon my privacy

Hypernyms (to "take advantage" is one way to...):

use (seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take advantage"):

encroach; entrench; impinge; trench (impinge or infringe upon)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

I often take advantage of the freedom which it gives.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jupiter doesn’t just give you the opportunity but also the means to take advantage of it.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

On the contrary: we should take advantage of it, and make food enjoyment –the ‘slow food movement’– a tool for healthy eating, Miccoli points out.

(Obesity and food restrictions proven to be associated with less food enjoyment, University of Granada)

The right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership); the right to enter.

(Access, NCI Thesaurus)

If there are times of day that the person is less confused or more cooperative, take advantage of that in daily routines.

(Alzheimer's Caregivers, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

“Would she not, then, persuade her daughters to take advantage of such weather, and allow him the pleasure of attending them?”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

As the environment changes, different bacteria take advantage of the conditions that are most suitable to them.

(Changing salt marsh conditions send resident microbes into dormancy, NSF)

He knew how to take advantage of every cover, to crawl on his belly like a snake, and like a snake to leap and strike.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Don't you think I had better take advantage of the confession, and begin and coax and entreat—even cry and be sulky if necessary—for the sake of a mere essay of my power?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Orthodontic treatment designed to take advantage of the active growth stage of a child's development in order to intercept orthodontic problems early and reduce or eliminate them.

(Interceptive Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)