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How to spell benefits
Benefits is spelled B-E-N-E-F-I-T-S. It is bene plus fit: B, E, N, E, then fit, so both early vowels are E.
What it means: To be good for someone or something.
In a sentence: Eating fruits and vegetables benefits your health.
Same family: benefit, benefited, beneficial, beneficiary, benefactor. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Benefit” comes from the Latin phrase ‘bene facere,’ which means ‘to do well’ or ‘to do good.’ Over time it came into English through French and kept its core idea of something that helps or is good for you.
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