beneficial

UK/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/US/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,134 of 15,258leans written

Beneficial means doing good, or bringing an advantage. Mutually beneficial, beneficial effects, beneficial to health.

It takes to. In law it has a technical sense: the beneficial owner of something is whoever really benefits, as against whoever holds the legal title, and hiding that difference is how a great deal of money is concealed.

Definitions of beneficial

1adjectivebeneficialDoing good, or bringing an advantage.B2+
“Regular exercise is beneficial to both your body and your mind.”

beneficial is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin beneficialis comes from beneficium, a kindness — bene, well, plus facere, to do.

Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeh₁-
Latin
beneficiālis — beneficial
English, today
beneficial

From Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”), from Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

beneficial in the wild

The concept of beneficial is subjective and only arises in light of desired outcomes from a human perspective.
Beneficial insect
In agriculture, where the goal is to raise selected crops, insects that hinder the production process are classified as pests, while insects that assist production are considered beneficial.
Beneficial insect
A beneficial owner is subject to a state's statutory laws regulating interest or title transfers.
Beneficial ownership
A common example of a beneficial owner is the true owner of funds held by a nominee bank.
Beneficial ownership

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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