BOON | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of boon in English

(Definition of boon from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of boon

boon
This chapter was a boon to my students in an advanced course in linguistic anthropology.
This, of course, was a boon to scholars emerging from departments of philosophy, religion, and theology.
Invariably, they see a strong economy as a boon for an incumbent's re-election hopes and a weak economy as a curse on them.
However, 12 out of the 32 speakers did not perceive planning opportunity as a boon.
That immunity, needless to add, has been a boon for criminal activity.
Increases in revenue sharing through time were thus a real boon to the governors on the receiving end of these transfers.
The errata page, though extensive and a real boon, is not exhaustive.
This feature is a boon to researchers delving into the history of meteorites and meteoritics.
Though a person must, of course, choose to use a manual, the manual's user is arguably a mere recipient of any boon these letters provide.
Not needing personal possessions was a boon to women as well as men, the old as well as the young.
Besides their use in performance, the editions are a great boon to those wishing to analyse the music.
This development would be a boon for bioethics, which has remained basically steadfast to its originative constituency - left-oriented, big government liberalism.
The extended time period of a half-term project is a real boon here.
Not humidity only, but readily selectable humidity, is the greatest boon brought by this season.
These programs, though a boon for busy clinicians, raise few significant ethical and legal issues.
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Translations of boon

in Chinese (Traditional)
提高生活素質的東西, 有用之物…
in Chinese (Simplified)
提高生活质量的东西, 有用之物…
in Spanish
ventaja, bendición…
in Portuguese
vantagem, bênção…
in more languages
in Turkish
in French
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
in Russian
imet, lütuf, iyilik…
aubaine…
zegen…
dobrodiní, spása…
velsignelse…
berkat, anugrah…
สิ่งที่เป็นประโยชน์…
tiện lợi…
dobrodziejstwo, szczęście, dar…
välsignelse, förmån…
rahmat…
die Wohltat…
velsignelse, velgjerning…
благо…
благо…
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