benefit

/ˈbɛnɪfɪt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈbɛnɪfɪt/

benefit

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

be - ne - fit -> benefit

Myanmar meaning

(n) အကျိုးကျေးဇူး။ အကျိုးအမြတ်။ (v) အကျိုးအမြတ်ရရှိသည်။ကောင်းကျိုးပြုသည်။

Full entry

benefit /'benÇfÇt/ n

၁။ [U,C] အကျိုးကျေးဇူး။ အကျိုးအမြတ်။ She didn't get much benefit from her course. ❍ I've had the benefit of a good education. ❍ With the benefit of modern technology, a great deal of progress has been made. ❍ The new regulations will be of benefit to us all. ❍ A change of manager would certainly be to the club's benefit. ❍ the benefits of modern medicine/ science/higher education ❍ Membership entitles you to many benefits.
၂။ [U, C] အစိုးရ ထောက်ပံ့ကြေး။ unemployment/sickness benefit. See also HOUSING BENEFIT
၃။ [C esp attrib] ရန်ပုံငွေအလှူပွဲ။ a benefit match/concert ❍ It's his benefit year. တစ်နှစ်လုံးရသမျှ လှူမည့်နှစ်။
v (pt, pp -fited; US also -fitted )
၁။ အကျိုးပြုသည်။ The new facilities have benefited the whole town.
၂။ ~ (from/by sth) အကျိုးရရှိသည်။ အကျိုး ခံစားရသည်။ The new tax laws are good for some people but I won't benefit. ❍ I feel that I have benefited from this experience.
❏ for sb's benefit [IDM ] ကောင်းကျိုးအတွက်။ အကျိုးငှာ။ The warning sign was put there for the benefit of the public. ❍ Although she didn't mention me by name, I know her remarks were intended for my benefit.
❏ give sb the benefit of the doubt [IDM ] သံသယအကျိုး ခံစားစေသည်။ By allowing her to go free the judge gave the accused the benefit of the doubt.

More examples

The new sports centre will bring lasting benefit to the community.
[benefit for] : Consider the potential benefits of the deal for the company.
[get/gain/receive a benefit] : The costs involved would outweigh any benefits gained.
[derive a benefit from something] : Even Liza derived little benefit from the changes.
[reap a benefit] : The town was still reaping the benefits years after the film’s release.
[be of benefit to someone/something] : Not all competition is of benefit to the consumer.
[for someone’s benefit] : Molly explained what was happening for my benefit.
[have the benefit of something] : He has had the benefit of the best education money can buy.
Housing/sickness/disability benefit
[claim (a) benefit] : There has been an increase in the number of people claiming benefit.
[get/receive (a) benefit] : Families receiving benefit
[on benefit] : She’s been on unemployment benefit for six years.
The benefits include medical insurance and a company car.
A benefit concert/performance

Synonyms

advantage, profit, help, assistance, account, advance, aid, allowance, ameliorate, asset, assist, avail, ball, bazaar, be good for, benediction, better, betterment, blessing, boon, build, charitable affair, charity event, charity performance, concert, contribute to, cream, dance, dinner, do for one, do good to, do the trick, egg in one's beer, enhance, exhibit, exhibition, extras, fair, favor, fill the bill, fundraiser, further, gain, godsend, good, grant, gravy, improve, interest, make a killing, make it, pancake breakfast, pay, pay off, payment, perk, promote, prosperity, raffle, relieve, serve, subsidy, succor, use, value, welfare, work for, worth

Antonyms

bad fortune, bad luck, block, blockage, decrease, detriment, disadvantage, disapproval, halt, handicap, harm, hinder, hindrance, hurt, impede, injure, injury, loss, misfortune, obstruct, obstruction, stop, thwart, worsen