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benefit

2 verb
     
benefit2 S2 W3 past tense and past participle benefited, present participle benefiting
[intransitive and transitive] if you benefit from something or it benefits you, it gives you an advantage, improves your life, or helps you in some way:
They are working together to benefit the whole community.
benefit from/by
Many thousands have benefited from the new treatment.
They would benefit by reducing their labour costs.
benefit greatly/enormously/considerably etc
I'm sure you'll benefit greatly from the visit.
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