Word
vantage
Phoneticsvan·tage
US/ˈvæntədʒ/
UK/vˈɑːntɪdʒ/
Definition
n. a place or position that gives you a great view of something. It can also mean a specific way of looking at a situation based on your experience.
n. a position or place that affords a wide or advantageous perspective. Often used figuratively to describe a mental standpoint or a specific period in time from which one evaluates events.
Examples
“From this vantage, we can see the entire valley.”
“The photographer climbed the clock tower to find a better vantage for the festival shots.”
“From the vantage of old age, she could finally appreciate the difficult choices her parents had made during the economic crisis of her youth.”
Examples
simple
“From this vantage, we can see the entire valley.”
contextual
“The photographer climbed the clock tower to find a better vantage for the festival shots.”
complex
“From the vantage of old age, she could finally appreciate the difficult choices her parents had made during the economic crisis of her youth.”
Usage
Commonly appears in the fixed phrase 'vantage point', though it can stand alone in literary contexts.
Real-World Examples
“The mission begins with a 100-day journey to a vantage point roughly one million miles from Earth, where the telescope will then start charting planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.” “From their vantage point on Calton Hill the eclipse took place right above the Edinburgh skyline.” Etymology
From Middle English vantage, by apheresis from advantage; see advantage.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.