Benefit and Lose

Benefit

Benefit verb - To provide with something useful or desirable.

Lose and benefit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lose" instead a verb "Benefit".

Lose

Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.

Benefit and lose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Benefit" instead a verb "Lose".

Nearby Words: loser, losing

Common collocations

humanity benefit humanity lose humanity
ability benefit ability lose ability
power benefit power lose power
race benefit race lose race
Other words: family, someone, fight, friends.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Wargame: AirLand Battle KE is preferred whenever possible, since it gains substantial bonuses in armor penetration as range to target decreases (representing the tendency for sabot shells to lose velocity and hence hitting power as range increases), whereas HEAT weapons do not benefit from close-range AP bonuses.
  • A savvy character will lose the mini-game on purpose the final time, since there's no benefit in winning.
  • Film / Seabiscuit A racehorse trainer (especially one as good as Jim Fitzsimmons) would never sabotage one owner's horse to benefit another, that's how you lose clients and your reputation.
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