benefit
Usage
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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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In online posts and videos, he extolled the benefits—one favorite catchphrase is “Holding back to move forward!”—and took on critics who called it cheating.
Some schools say less formal uniforms particularly benefit girls.
From BBC
Language barriers were addressed by increasing the material available in a range of languages, including publishing QR codes linked to videos explaining about the benefits, alongside the traditional billboard advertising.
From BBC
Planning officers have recommended that councillors grant conditional planning permission, saying the cultural, social and economic benefits of the festival series carry significant weight and outweigh any potential heritage harm.
From BBC
These areas may have undetected cases and could benefit from expanded screening efforts.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
