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Meaning of benefactive | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of", "in behalf of", "on one's behalf", or similar.

not-comparable

Examples

“Normally, the repeated benefactive suffix is not found after the telic form of the verbal stem”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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