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# benevolent

adjective (more benevolent, most benevolent)

«benevolent» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Kind and wanting to help people who are in trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benevolent/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes a gentle helper or giver in a tale, someone who does good to those in misfortune

### Examples

- The benevolent old farmer shared his bread with the hungry travellers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benevolent/#x1)
- Their job was helping people in trouble; they were gentle and benevolent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benevolent/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «benevolent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benevolent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«benevolent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/benevolent.html) on Mova free.