profit

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Formal · Literary

n. an advantage or useful result you get from an activity.

n. a physical, mental, or social benefit derived from an undertaking. This sense is often found in formal or literary contexts.

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“There is little profit in arguing with someone who will not listen to facts.”

“The scholars debated the issue for hours, but they found little practical profit in the abstract theories being presented.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to get a benefit or an advantage from a situation.

v. to derive a benefit or advantage from a particular circumstance or action. Often used with the preposition 'from'.

“Many local shops profited from the large number of tourists visiting the town.”

“Investors who had anticipated the market shift profited handsomely from their early acquisition of technology stocks.”

C2 · Proficiency Formal · Literary

v. to be helpful or useful to a person.

v. to be of service or benefit to someone. This transitive use is increasingly rare in modern speech and carries a formal or biblical tone.

“It profits a man nothing to gain the world but lose his soul.”

“The king realised that his aggressive foreign policy would not profit his subjects in the long term.”