practical benefit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpracticalandbenefit
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withbenefit.
practical
adjective
uk/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
See more atpractical
benefit
noun
uk/ˈben.ɪ.fɪt/us/ˈben.ə.fɪt/
a helpful or good effect, or something intended ...
See more atbenefit
(Definition ofpracticalandbenefitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpractical benefit
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Architectural superimposition also has thepracticalbenefitof reducing the effort needed to build higher and more massive constructions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Classification of hearts as univentricular or biventricular on the basis of the atrioventricular junctional arrangement is ofpracticalbenefitas will be discussed subsequently.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is considerablepracticalbenefitfrom developing both pieces in parallel through the use of dependent types.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This is an extremely valuablepracticalbenefitof divisive clustering at the subsentence level relative to monotone sentence alignment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, itspracticalbenefitis sometimes in doubt on account of its potentially large memory requirement.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Apracticalbenefitof recursive models is that, in general, parameters are identified.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Perhaps the problem will go unresolved, thepracticalbenefitof knowing the origins of pidgin not justifying the difficult task of gathering the historical material.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The mostpracticalbenefitof a working reconstruction is that it may make a previously unplayable work available for performance.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thepracticalbenefitone can expect from applying the partial expansion and unfilling techniques will highly depend on the architecture of the particular grammar and can only be determined empirically.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This has both cost andpracticalbenefit.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Chamberlain was a great enthusiast for the establishment of local museums, but it is his emphasis on theirpracticalbenefitwhich is most striking.
From theCambridge English Corpus
An exercise to provide more precise estimates would be expensive and unlikely to be of significantpracticalbenefit.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
One needs to avoid complicating still further the process of legislation, unless one is absolutely certain that changes would givepracticalbenefit.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
But this cannot be taken so far that the principle is even applied in cases where it offers nopracticalbenefit.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
To ensure that the scheme is ofpracticalbenefit, the farming community offers four proposals for consideration.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Some 72 measures of directpracticalbenefit—some major and others inevitably minor—have been introduced to help small businesses.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It would create artificial distinctions and immense problems of definition with little certainty ofpracticalbenefit.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What is thepracticalbenefitof that in the present situation?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The tables may be interesting, but they do not provide anypracticalbenefit.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofpractical
Go to the definition ofbenefit
See other collocations withbenefit