Used in a Sentence

benefiting

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for benefiting.

Editorial note

What I mean is, if the code is available then the quantity of people benefiting from it is separate from the idea of user freedom.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of benefiting gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.

verb

(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for benefiting.

verb

(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.

verb

(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

Example sentences

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What I mean is, if the code is available then the quantity of people benefiting from it is separate from the idea of user freedom.

2

If I'm reading this correctly, greater freedom to you means more people benefiting from something?

3

You (probably) won't be benefiting the people without Javascript because hopefully your page works for them anyway.

4

Final lesson came from TCB concept: focus all your provable security on mechanisms that are flexible and simple so the cost is spread over all projects benefiting from it.

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This story seems set on the idea that increasing productivity (benefiting the owners directly) will increase conditions for the workers.

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There's a sleight of hand in politicians/lobbyists presenting it as benefiting the US as a whole.

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The big argument here is that the 10x producers are pissed off about others benefiting.

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The fork has not in any way prevented anyone from benefiting from Libav's work.

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But the convenience increases the size of the market, benefiting both customers and laborers.

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In my experience, if you understand it, you're either benefiting from it and support it, or you're angry about it and a Ron Paul supporter.

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But I don't seriously believe they're actually going to give it to me for benefiting from a service Google provides for free.

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Is the better approach to addressing this failure to (A) punish the entity that is benefiting; or (B) try to change the dynamic to alleviate the market failure?

Quote examples

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They tend to be either non-hackers who don't notice problems and have trouble believing reports of problems ("We take your security very seriously and follow industry best practice"), or malicious hackers who understand a problem but are benefiting from it continuing to exist.

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Probably the same ones that justify most airport fees and franchising: "Hey, these airports are really expensive to set up, let's recoup the cost from people who use them, so charge extra fees to any business benefiting from air travel." Hence why restaurants and everything else at the airport are more expensive, and why they also want a cut from paid taxi rides to/from the airport.

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“I don’t think advertising is so much an opportunity for city revenue,” he said, “so much as an opportunity to keep fares down.” Looks like NYC government isn't really benefiting but (presumably) bearing the cost of fitting these TVs.

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FTA: "In the late 1930s, there were just under 12,000 medallions in circulation; more than 75 years later, in a city larger by one million people and benefiting from far greater prosperity, there are only 13,000." Population growth alone would require another 600 medallions.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use benefiting in a sentence?

What I mean is, if the code is available then the quantity of people benefiting from it is separate from the idea of user freedom.

What does benefiting mean?

(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.

What part of speech is benefiting?

benefiting is commonly used as verb.