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beneficial Definition

ben·efi·cial (ben′ə fis̸h′əl)

adjective

  1. producing benefits; advantageous; favorable
  2. receiving benefit
  3. Law for one's own benefit beneficial interest

Etymology: ME < OFr < LL beneficialis < L benefacere: see benefaction

beneficial Related Forms

ben′·efi′·cially adverb

beneficial Synonyms

beneficial

modif.

useful, propitious, salubrious, advantageous; see helpful 1, profitable.

beneficial Law Definition

n

A right or interest that derives from something other than legal title. See estate, interest, owner, use, and equitable.

beneficial Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

find: Indeed anyone who will have a leadership role in an IT project will find this course beneficial.

Modifies a noun

  • insect: With Bt maize, the reduction in use of insecticides should result in less harm to beneficial insects.
  • bacterium: It has been shown to restore normal bowel flora by promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria.
  • effect: In our research, the beneficial effects of red wine can be extended to sherry wines.
  • owner: Talyllyn Holdings is the beneficial owner of all the shares in the Talyllyn Railroad Company.
  • ownership: The assets are held in beneficial ownership for its staff.
  • organism: They also kill beneficial organisms allowing pathogens to thrive.

Modifying Another Word

  • mutually: These links can be mutually beneficial - for instance giving coverage to local gay businesses.
  • environmentally: These subsidies should either be cut altogether or be redirected toward more environmentally beneficial practices.
  • hugely: She then trained in hypnotherapy after seeing the hugely beneficial effects of hypnosis in her own clients.
  • socially: Aristotle conceives of friendship in a utilitarian and socially beneficial manner.
  • enormously: He felt that the transparency of the plans would be enormously beneficial to the University.
  • extremely: They are, however, extremely beneficial in reducing the amount of waste needing to be disposed of.

Used with adjective complement

  • prove: In this case a working knowledge of Crystal reports will prove beneficial.
  • deem: To educate a child regarding the dangers of alcohol was deemed more beneficial than waiting until they had succumbed.
  • consider: A local thickening of the adhesive through the use of an internal taper is also considered beneficial.

Preposition: in

  • term: Affleck ( 1987 ) highlight, this may be beneficial in terms of coping as self-attribution may have negative outcomes personally.
  • treatment: This site collects articles from around the world which argue that cannabis can be beneficial in the treatment of some conditions.

Preposition: for

patient: However, some contractures may be biomechanically beneficial for the patient, and these should not be stretched [ 38, 39 ] .

Preposition: than

hundred: This means that a couple links from pages with high PR could be more beneficial than hundreds of links from pages with low PR.