benefit

Everyday

1. A benefit is something good or helpful that you get from something. tree →
2. To benefit from something is to be helped by it. tree →
3. (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) Benefits are money the government gives to people who need help, for example when they have no job or are ill. tree →
4. A benefit is an event held to raise money for a cause, like a benefit concert. tree →

In the lessons

In health and science lessons: the benefits of exercise, sleep and healthy food. In maths and money: benefits paid per week or month. In stories: "for your benefit" means to help you. Phrases: benefit from, for the benefit of, the benefit of the doubt, on benefits (UK), give someone the benefit of the doubt.

Examples

• Exercise has many benefits. tree →
• Plants benefit from sunlight. tree →
• One benefit of walking to school is fresh air. tree →
• Her family gets benefits while her dad is ill. tree →
• We held a benefit concert for the animal shelter. tree →
• I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and believe you. tree →
• Everyone will benefit from a quieter classroom. tree →
• The teacher repeated it for the benefit of latecomers. tree →

Note

Countable noun. Verb past: benefited (one t, most common) or benefitted. Adjective: beneficial. "On benefits" (UK) can sound unkind about people; "getting support" is gentler.

In Jewish tradition

The good things God does for people.

Interpretation. The psalm tells a person to remember God's kindnesses. Jewish tradition teaches gratitude for such gifts, and Hezekiah's pride shows what happens when thanks is forgotten.

Examples

• Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits; (Writings PSA.103.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• But Hezekiah rendered not according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up; therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. (Writings 2CH.32.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• but if it do evil in My sight, that it hearken not to My voice, then I repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit it. (Prophets JER.18.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable noun. Verb past: benefited (one t, most common) or benefitted. Adjective: beneficial. "On benefits" (UK) can sound unkind about people; "getting support" is gentler.