benefit
Usage
What are other ways to say benefit?
Benefit refers to anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society. Advantage refers to anything that places one in an improved position, especially in coping with competition or difficulties: It is to one's advantage to have traveled widely. Profit refers to any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: to one’s intellectual profit.
Example Sentences
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And who benefits depends on timing too—early on it might benefit more skilled workers, but as it becomes normalized it might benefit less skilled workers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"They were a commitment by Nick's parents, in the most binding way the law of trusts allows, that these resources would belong to Nick for his use and benefit," the petition says.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
They may be particularly useful for patients who no longer benefit from PD1 or PDL1 treatments.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
National clinical director for cancer Prof Peter Johnson said while the move would not benefit all prostate cancer patients, it was an important step.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
She went into a series of zooming circles and performed a few acrobatic turns for her companion’s benefit.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing benefit
Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 11-20
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"The Perils of Indifference," Vocabulary from the speech
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