{
    "term": "beneficial",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "improving a situation; having a helpful or useful effect",
            "sensetop": "beneficial (to something/somebody)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A good diet is beneficial to health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They finally came to a mutually beneficial agreement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think it would be beneficial for each committee member to have a copy of the report."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some alternative treatments may prove highly beneficial."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We only fund projects we consider to be socially beneficial."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lowering salt intake has a beneficial effect on blood pressure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Relaxation classes can be beneficial to people of all ages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Work experience is usually highly beneficial for students."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "consider something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "very", "highly"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃl/",
                "audio": "be/beneficial/beneficial__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌbenɪˈfɪʃl/",
                "audio": "be/beneficial/beneficial__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin beneficialis, from beneficium ‘favour, support’, from bene ‘well’ + facere ‘do’."
}