decided advantage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdecidedandadvantage
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decided
adjective[before noun]
uk/dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/us/dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/
certain, obvious, or easy ...
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advantage
noun
uk/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us/ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition giving a greater chance ...
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(Definition ofdecidedandadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The ability of this numerical method to consider non-isotropic initial data represents adecidedadvantageover other approaches.
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This gave those who controlled the coastal forests adecidedadvantageuntil the demand for rubber outpaced that for copal from about 1880.
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Eyewitnesses, for example, would have adecidedadvantageover those who were told the stories later.
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I should think they would be adecidedadvantage.
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From his own point of view also it would be adecidedadvantage.
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They may go down but in times of industrial improvement they may go up and that is adecidedadvantageto the wage-earner.
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The owners of the mine would have adecidedadvantageover the employees in any possible litigation that might take place.
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That, again, is adecidedadvantageto insured persons.
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I think it will be adecidedadvantageto add two men who have had actual experience.
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Even a dual carriageway would be adecidedadvantage.
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We would be putting up a type of house which had proved completely satisfactory over many years there, and this is adecidedadvantage.
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This party would have adecidedadvantageover its political opponents if the present system were maintained.
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I think the suggestions for pooling are adecidedadvantage.
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The furniture is being used there and in other places todecidedadvantage.
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That gives the minority adecidedadvantageover the majority.
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She instanced the case of a local caterer who has adecidedadvantagefrom being able to sell his products in the area immediately around his factory.
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That is adecidedadvantage.
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Large firms gain adecidedadvantagefrom delayed payments: the transgressors are smart-aleck company treasurers who fully understand the importance of free balances and increased funds.
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That seems to me adecidedadvantage.
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It is a process that occurs in the home and the school, so a partnership between parents and teachers will be to thedecidedadvantageof the children.
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