how to pronounce benefit

/ˈbɛnəfɪt/

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benefit is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of benefit in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… consumer but what that benefit might be …”

meaning of benefit

Benefit means to be of use or advantage.

benefit frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word benefit occurs in english on average 53.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics benefit can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that benefit can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;