benefited
- 1Simple past and past participle of benefit.
Coastal communities benefited from the early warning system.
The company has benefited from years of careful investment.
Note
Two constructions come with the verb, and each keeps a different shape. Used transitively, it takes a direct object, as in the new rules benefited small farmers. Used intransitively, it needs from to name the source: farmers benefited from the rules. The past and the participle share one spelling, so the auxiliary marks the difference: the town benefited versus the town has benefited.
The new rules benefited small farmers.
The merger has benefited shareholders more than staff.
benefited is a form of benefit
benefit, verb: To help someone or something or give them an advantage; also, to gain an advantage or be helped. Full entry
- Forms
- benefitbenefits he/she/itbenefiting -ing formbenefited past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- benefit → benefited: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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