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take advantage en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To profit from a situation deliberately.
   • The trip to Carrow Road was a chance for Harry Redknapp's side to take advantage after their two closest London rivals and leaders Manchester City failed to take maximum points from Premier League clashes in the last two days. 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0-2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
   • She took advantage of the economic crisis to exchange some money.
2. To make use of something.
   • Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:

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Translations (29)

lad profitar (profit from a situation) · pl skorzystać (profit from a situation) · mi whakamahi (make use of something) · mi makihuhunu (profit from a situation) · gd gabh brath (make use of something) · ru получа́ть при́быль (profit from a situation) · pl wykorzystywać (make use of something) · hu hasznosít (make use of something) · it approfittare (profit from a situation) · eo profiti (profit from a situation) · es aprovecharse (profit from a situation) · nl gebruikmaken van (make use of something) · el επωφελούμαι (profit from a situation) · es aprovecharse (make use of something) · pt tirar proveito (profit from a situation) · ca aprofitar-se (profit from a situation) · pt aproveitar (profit from a situation) · sv dra nytta (profit from a situation) · pl wykorzystać (make use of something) · ca aprofitar (profit from a situation) · it avvantaggiarsi (profit from a situation) · es aprovechar (profit from a situation) · fr tirer profit (profit from a situation) · sco tak the guid o (profit from a situation) · bg извличам изгода (profit from a situation) · gd gabh brath (profit from a situation) · hu kihasznál (profit from a situation) · sco tak the guid o (make use of something) · pl korzystać (profit from a situation)