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PRONUNCIATION OF COIGN OF VANTAGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COIGN OF VANTAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coign of vantage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COIGN OF VANTAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of coign of vantage in the English dictionary

The definition of coign of vantage in the dictionary is an advantageous position or stance for observation or action.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COIGN OF VANTAGE

coif
coifed
coiffe
coiffed
coiffeur
coiffeuse
coiffing
coiffure
coiffured
coign
coigne
coil
coil spring
coilability
coiler
Coimbatore
Coimbra
coin
coin box
coin-op

WORDS THAT END LIKE COIGN OF VANTAGE

advantage
centage
chantage
clientage
competitive advantage
disadvantage
frontage
heritage
mechanical advantage
mintage
montage
parentage
percentage
photomontage
plantage
tentage
to advantage
vantage
ventage
vintage
wantage

Synonyms and antonyms of coign of vantage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coign of vantage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COIGN OF VANTAGE

Find out the translation of coign of vantage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coign of vantage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coign of vantage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

华帝coign
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

posición ventajosa
570 millions of speakers

English

coign of vantage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर्यवेक्षण स्थान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

coign من نظر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выгодная Vantage
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Coign
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুবিধা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coign de vue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coign of vantage
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

coign der Aussichts
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地の利
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유리한 의 돌출 한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coign of vantage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

coign của lợi thế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முகமூடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

औदासिन्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üstün özellik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Coign di vantage
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Coign z Vantage
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вигідна Vantage
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Coign de avantaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλεονεκτική θέση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buitelandse hoek van uitkykpunte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

coign av utsikts
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Coign av utsikts
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coign of vantage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COIGN OF VANTAGE»

The term «coign of vantage» is regularly used and occupies the 62.236 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COIGN OF VANTAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coign of vantage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COIGN OF VANTAGE»

Discover the use of coign of vantage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coign of vantage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate. Enter Lady Macbeth. Dun. See, see, our honour'd hostess ! 10 8. made] modi ...
William Shakespeare, 2001
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Macbeth
No jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle; Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate. 10 Enter lady [macbeth] duncan See, see, our honoured ...
William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller, 2008
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Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses
Jesus wept - The shortest verse in the Bible (John 11:35), as Jesus approaches the tomb of Lazarus. 3.71 (38:39). coign of vantage - As Duncan and his courtiers approach Macbeth's castle, they compliment its beauties, and Banquo remarks ...
‎2008
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A Coign of Vantage
Along the way Saturninus works through a captivating cast of characters - from Caesar himself and his lover Antinoös to a variety of eccentric high priests, powerful senators and their playboy sons, all the way down to an unforgettable ...
Nurmi Husa, 2010
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Unfinished Man and the Imagination: Toward an Ontology and a ...
(2) To aspire to the immanent coign of vantage, in reckoning the fundamental problematic of revelation, is therefore precisely to evade the standpoint from which the possibility of revelation is made the first question. From the immanent vantage ...
Ray L. Hart, 2000
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
coign. coign of vantage a favourable position for observation or action. literary The literal sense of a coign of vantage is 'a projecting corner of a wall or building'; the phrase appears in Shakespeare's Macbeth in Duncan's description of the ...
Judith Siefring, 2004
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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Problems of the Twenty-first Century: ...
This helped to foster their "unique position," their "peculiar coign of vantage" which enabled them to critically look at and carefully listen for "the teachings of eternal truth and righteousness" rising out of the furious fight for the soul, not simply of ...
Reiland Rabaka, 2007
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Roget's Thesaurus of Phrases
club саг coign of vantage club car bar car, lounge car club soda carbonated water, seltzer, soda water, sparkling water club steak Delmonico steak cluster headache histamine headache clutch bag clutch purse coach class economy class, ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2001
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The phrase comes from Shakespeare's Macbeth, 'no jutty, frieze, Buttresss, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed', and was later popularized by Sir Walter Scott. The word coign, meaning a projecting corner or ...
Elizabeth Knowles, 2006
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Inside the Priory of Sion
you permit yourself to wander [?wonder], you will doubtless forge a connection between the Sacred Coign of Vantage, the All-Seeing Eye – the reality of which is but the reflection of one's self in the eyes of the Beloved – and the notion of a ...
Robert Howells, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COIGN OF VANTAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coign of vantage is used in the context of the following news items.
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State Supreme Court overturns pit bull destruction order
In his concurring and dissenting opinion, Loughry stated that "from the majority's coign of vantage, the citizens of this state do not deserve the ... «West Virginia Record, Jun 15»
2
theartsdesk in Thuringia: Easter with Bach
From our curious coign of vantage, too, it was wondrous to hear how the emphasis in character swam during the “Quoniam tu solus” between ... «The Arts Desk, Apr 15»
3
Second Draft: John A. Macdonald's 70th birthday bash in Montreal …
People “seized every available coign of vantage, baggage counters and car roofs being covered with the more adventurous spirits.”. «Montreal Gazette, Jan 15»
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When dealing with the French right, sometimes only a laxative in …
... the prospect of yet another member of the Bush family running for President in 2016 – by far the most significant, from this coign of vantage, ... «The Independent, Jan 15»
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Boris Johnson: 'Churchill wrote to keep the black dog of depression …
... I saw the five leading Boers, better mounted than their comrades, outpacing the others in a desperate resolve to secure the coign of vantage. «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
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Prom 24: BBCSSO, Runnicles/Solemn Vigil of Commemoration …
Mysteriously distant from my coign of vantage, it dared to take Harold Monro's 1914 meditation on the absence of God and came across as ... «The Arts Desk, Aug 14»
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Immortalised by Macbeth, house martins thrive in Scotland – but not …
Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird. Hath made his pendant bed and procreant cradle. Where they most breed and haunt, I have ... «The Independent, Aug 14»
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From the Archive: Jerusalem of snow
... the mantle of snow over the Temple Area, at the southeast corner of the Old City as viewed from that ideal coign of vantage, the rooftop of the ... «Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Dec 13»
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Motley Blocks™ ($2.99) by SQUARE ENIX will have you frantically connecting blocks in a 3-D space. It kind of reminds me of Coign of Vantage, ... «AppAdvice, Nov 12»

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