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[ US /ˈbɛnəfɪt/ ]
[ UK /bˈɛnɪfˌɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. be beneficial for
    This will do you good
  2. derive a benefit from
    She profited from his vast experience
NOUN
  1. a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
  2. financial assistance in time of need
  3. something that aids or promotes well-being
    for the benefit of all

How To Use benefit In A Sentence

  • The play is a little overlong and would benefit from cuts, but each scene is interesting and changes are smoothly executed.
  • He did not seem overcome with pleasure at the idea of Philippa's visit, and she felt a little disappointed, but she had been interested in his talk; and as she went back to the house with Miss Mervyn, her mind was so full of it, that she felt obliged to tell her all about Tuvvy and Dennis, and her own plans for Becky's benefit. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes
  • The relationship between a woman and her clinician should be built on trust, and the benefits and the risks of a procedure such as an episiotomy must be openly discussed to ensure truly informed consent.
  • The telemetered technology will also benefit from integration with wireless-phone technology.
  • If the reform stuck to a market-based insurance system - so went the reasoning - access could be within reach of more people without causing disruptions to those benefiting from the status quo. Anja Rudiger: With all eyes on the 'market,' health reform overlooked human rights
  • The Cuckoo Fair is non-profit-making and benefits a range of local charities.
  • I have not been a learner of foreign languages for any significant lengths of time to be able to introspect usefully for the benefit of your discussion, but I have noted how on those few occasions, the change of costumes and locale has a truly powerful effect on my motivation, my willingness to be playful and adventurous, to take risks and experiment with new or old-new phrases and words. I is for Identity « An A-Z of ELT
  • So even as they mutter racist slogans, members of Siberia's Lumpenproletariat benefit from proximity to the dragon.
  • But even these alienated loners can benefit from this book: See the section on astral love.
  • How anyone could have read some sinister intent into those views is indeed puzzling, and illustrates well how those damned Jewshow certain hypersensitive and overly privileged people who feel superior to the rest of the world are willing to cut their own throats for short term advantage by using unjustified charges of anti-semitism to point out how they take advantage of their position in any nation or institution who trusts them so as to benefit their own in group at the expense of that nation or institution. The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?
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