home advantage

collocation in English

meaningsofhomeandadvantage

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home
adjective[before noun]
uk
/həʊm/us
/hoʊm/
relating to the house, flat, etc. where ...
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advantage
noun
uk
/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us
/ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition giving a greater chance ...
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(Definition ofhomeandadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Any and all aids are allowed - maps, radios, etc. - and local messengers have thehomeadvantagebecause of their familiarity with local terrain and shortcuts.
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I have read the section of the report on the question ofhomeadvantage.
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They tend not to have thehomeadvantageand, therefore, begin their education behind their contemporaries.
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In the semi-finals, the teams that finished first hadhomeadvantageagainst the teams that finished second in their respective pools.
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The match was played at a neutral venue because both clubs had refused to take part in a coin toss to decidehomeadvantage.
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The second and fourth placed teams gethomeadvantage.
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The eight quarter-finalists will be ranked, with teams ranked 1-4 havinghomeadvantage.
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The presence of fans can have a profound impact on how the teams perform, an element in thehomeadvantage.
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Homeadvantagecan be regained or lost in the course of the series.
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Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three series between the teams qualified from the regular season, with the higher-place team receivinghomeadvantage.
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Home court advantage belongs to the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying thehomeadvantageare shown in italics.
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The exchanges are based on the match result, the ranking of each team, and the margin of victory, with an allowance forhomeadvantage.
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As in the first round, the first drawn team hadhomeadvantage.
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The games are played as single rounds with one club having thehomeadvantage.
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Homeadvantagein the series goes to the first-place team.
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A lower-level club always hadhomeadvantageto the higher one and also only need a draw to advance.
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Teams gainedhomeadvantagedepending upon their finishing position at the end of the 201213 season.
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The team thus earned a first-round bye andhomeadvantagethrough the playoffs.
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The most-commonly cited factors ofhomeadvantageare usually ones whose advantageous effects are difficult to measure and thus even their existence is debated.
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