benefit
- noun
- /ˈbɛnɪfɪt/
- One of the key benefits of exercising regularly is improved mental health.
- health benefits
- financial benefits
- cost-benefit
It temporarily hurts, but the long term benefits are really good.
- It temporarily hurts, but the long term benefits are really good.
- And I've just seen so many benefits in doing that.
- GDPB measures the benefits you get, not the cost.
- But what's the biggest benefit of OLED black blacks?
- The long term benefits are going to be vast.
- One is the potential benefit you get out of that striving.
Examples
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So look at all the benefits of being curious.
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And of course, massage can have many benefits throughout pregnancy.
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You enjoy the benefits of good health.
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But that had no benefit to my overall life.
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I feel like length might be our biggest benefit here perhaps.
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I think it would be to the benefit of everyone, especially David, if we kept this matter private.
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The ability to communicate with others is one of the primary benefits of technology in the library.
Academic text (2011) -
We begin with a review of the known benefits that students gain from learning self-management strategies.
Academic text (2011) -
However, students have expressed a number of additional benefits derived from the readings and discussions.
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You graduates going to sea for the first time... ...are to reap the benefits of their wise choice.
Synonyms
An advantage that gives you more money or success
Something that helps or gives an advantage
A good thing or situation that brings happiness
An advantage that makes something better
A helpful thing that brings advantage or good results
A good or useful part of something
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A careful comparison of costs and benefits to decide if benefits outweigh costs
A regular payment someone gets after they stop working, often from a pension
- Specialized
A rule that lets people or companies pay less tax to encourage certain activities
- Specialized
Money that an insurance or pension plan pays to people named when someone dies
A payment from the government to someone who cannot work because of a long-term illness or injury
An extra thing an employer gives you besides pay, like health insurance or a car
- NSFW
A person you have sex with but are not in a romantic relationship with
- Specialized
A payment that automatically increases when prices rise to help people afford things
- Specialized
A part of life insurance paid early to a person likely to die soon
- Archaic
A government payment that adds money to a person's income to reach the legal minimum
How Beneficial
Surface Forms
Etymology
Benefit meaning an advantage also comes from the Latin parts bene 'well' and facere 'to do', so it literally means 'something that does good'. That's why a benefit is a helpful result or advantage you get from something, and you can see the same idea in the word beneficial.