boon
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4.4
- noun
- /bun/
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- The new park has been a great boon for families in the neighborhood, providing a place for children to play.
- boon or bane
- a great boon
- a boon to farmers
We we we have a sense that AGI would be a major boon to humanity.
- We we we have a sense that AGI would be a major boon to humanity.
- And you know, it's that's like been an enormous economic boon to Jersey City and Hoboken, right?
- This is what's happening, these things happen, and this is what's happening is has been a great boon for me in my life.
- That's a huge boon, in my opinion, to the chips industry because who's processing it?
- Acquiring its fast gold reserves was a great boon to the empire's economy, but Dacia beyond the Danube hid great dangers.
Examples
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The return of postsecondary students to campus was a boon for Bacone.
Academic text (2008) -
I actually think that AI is going to be a boon for us, not detriment.
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Well, yes, it was supposed to be a boon for the entire town.
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Listen, this whole experience has been a real boon for all of us.
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And it's, it's a huge boon for entrepreneurs.
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Obviously implementation matters, but this is actually a big boon for the US dollar if it works out.
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This is an absolute boon to Jews economically.
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And this was a considerable boon for those who were unable to earn anything while awake.
Fiction book (1999) -
And that's going to be a boon to gross domestic product.
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So it's really been a, an absolute boon to patients, patients being able to preserve visual acuity.
Synonyms
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1.0
An advantage that helps people or a community
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A good thing or situation that brings happiness
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An advantage that makes something better
Something that helps people or makes life better
Antonyms
How Helpful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Boon comes from an old Norse word bón meaning 'prayer' or 'request', because a boon was something you asked for and were given. So a boon today is a welcome 'blessing' or helpful advantage.