beneficial
//ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl//
formalForms
- Comparative
- more beneficial
- Superlative
- most beneficial
- Plural
- beneficials
Definitions
1.Helpful or good to something or someone.
- Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment.
- Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don’t care about those.
2.Receiving a benefit from something.
3.Relating to a benefice.
1.Something that provides a benefit.
- Daytime temperatures may be too hot for just-released beneficials, and birds and other predators are out in full force during the day.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #5014
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Late Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”)
From Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”).