Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to benefit
Participle: benefited
Gerund: benefiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | benefit |
| you | benefit |
| he;she;it | benefits |
| we | benefit |
| you | benefit |
| they | benefit |
Perfect
| I | have benefited |
| you | have benefited |
| he;she;it | has benefited |
| we | have benefited |
| you | have benefited |
| they | have benefited |
Past
| I | benefited |
| you | benefited |
| he;she;it | benefited |
| we | benefited |
| you | benefited |
| they | benefited |
Pluperfect
| I | had benefited |
| you | had benefited |
| he;she;it | had benefited |
| we | had benefited |
| you | had benefited |
| they | had benefited |
Future
| I | will benefit |
| you | will benefit |
| he;she;it | will benefit |
| we | will benefit |
| you | will benefit |
| they | will benefit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have benefited |
| you | will have benefited |
| he;she;it | will have benefited |
| we | will have benefited |
| you | will have benefited |
| they | will have benefited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | benefit |
| you | benefit |
| he;she;it | benefit |
| we | benefit |
| you | benefit |
| they | benefit |
Perfect
| I | have benefited |
| you | have benefited |
| he;she;it | have benefited |
| we | have benefited |
| you | have benefited |
| they | have benefited |
Imperfect
| I | benefited |
| you | benefited |
| he;she;it | benefited |
| we | benefited |
| you | benefited |
| they | benefited |
Pluperfect
| I | had benefited |
| you | had benefited |
| he;she;it | had benefited |
| we | had benefited |
| you | had benefited |
| they | had benefited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would benefit |
| you | would benefit |
| he;she;it | would benefit |
| we | would benefit |
| you | would benefit |
| they | would benefit |
Perfect
| I | would have benefited |
| you | would have benefited |
| he;she;it | would have benefited |
| we | would have benefited |
| you | would have benefited |
| they | would have benefited |
Imperative
| you | benefit |
| we | Let's benefit |
| you | benefit |
Verbs conjugated like 'benefit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'benefit'
befit,
benedict,
benefice,
benet,
backfit,
bandit,
bebeast,
bedevil,
beef,
befie,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- help
- advance, avail, assist, better, further, serve, profit, enrich
Antonyms
- help
- hamper, counteract, combat, attack
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good or noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor.
Sample Sentences
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“ Trust any child to find that out, ” said St. Clare; “ there's no keeping it from them. But I believe that all the trying in the world to benefit a child, and all the substantial favors you can do them, will never excite one emotion of gratitude, while that feeling of repugnance remains in the heart; — it's a queer kind of a fact,—but so it [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)