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Webster 1913 Edition
Beneficial
Benˊe-fi′cial
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
bénéficial
, LL. beneficialis
.] 1.
Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; – followed by to.
The war which would have been most
beneficial
to us. Swift.
2.
(Law)
Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit;
as, the
. beneficial
owner of an estateKent.
Webster 1828 Edition
Beneficial
BENEFI'CIAL
,Adj.
1.
Receiving or entitled to have or receive advantage, use or benefit; as the beneficial owner of an estate.Definition 2024
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See also: bénéficial
English
Adjective
beneficial (comparative more beneficial, superlative most beneficial)
- Helpful or good to something or someone.
- 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 72-3:
- Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
- Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment.
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- Relating to a benefice
Synonyms
Antonyms
- maleficial, nocuous, damaging, harmful (doing harm to someone)
- innocuous, undamaging, harmless (doing no harm; doing neither harm nor good)
Derived terms
Translations
helpful or good to something or someone
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relating to a benefice
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