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- pronunciation:
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adjective |
| definition: |
When something is beneficial, it does something good for people or things.
Water and sunshine are usually beneficial to plants, but too much water or sun can sometimes be bad.Healthy food is beneficial to humans.Exercising is beneficial to your health.- synonyms:
- favorable, profitable
- antonyms:
- bad, damaging, deadly, harmful, ill, useless
- similar words:
- helpful, positive, valuable
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| related words: |
convenient, useful |
| derivations: |
beneficially (adv.), beneficialness (n.) |
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