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   Boon

   /bo͞on/

   

   noun

   • 1. a thing that is helpful or beneficial: "the navigation system will be a boon to both civilian and military users"
   • 2. a favor or request: archaic "may I have the inestimable boon of a few minutes' conversation?"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘request for a favor’): from Old Norse bón.

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   • Thus many artesian wells have been sunk in the Algerian Sahara which have proved an immense boon to the district. Boon definition: something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit. . See examples of BOON used in a sentence.

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   What is a boon in law?

   • • The law is a special boon to those, like top corporate honchos, who are due large sums of deferred compensation. • Their boon is life for ever freed from toil. Origin boon (1100-1200) Old Norse “prayer, request” boon meaning, definition, what is boon: something that is very useful and makes ...: Learn more.

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   What does Boon mean in the Bible?

   • Boon means something beneficial to a specific person, entity, or cause. "Getting called out of school on the day of the test was a boon for Sam, as he hadn't remembered to study." Boon derives from the Old Norse bón, a request for a favor.

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   How do you describe a boon in a sentence?

   • The Chancellor brings back five per cent deposits in a huge boon to the housebuilding industry. You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone. Read about the team of authors behind Collins Dictionaries. What is this an image of?

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   1. / buːn / noun. something extremely useful, helpful, or beneficial; a blessing or benefit. the car was a boon to him. archaic. a favour; request. he asked a boon of the king. boon. 2. / buːn / adjective. close, special, or intimate (in the phrase boon companion ) archaic. jolly or convivial. Discover More.

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   Definition of boon noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Origin boon (1100-1200) Old Norse “prayer, request”. boon meaning, definition, what is boon: something that is very useful and makes ...: Learn more.

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   noun [ C ] uk/buːn/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. something helpful that improves your life: [ usually singular ] Microwaves are a boon for busy people. (Definition of boon from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of boon. in Chinese (Traditional) 提高生活素質的東西, 有用之物… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)

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   4 days ago · noun. 1. something extremely useful, helpful, or beneficial; a blessing or benefit. online check-in is a boon for many travellers. 2. archaic. a favour; request. he asked a boon of the king. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

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   A gift considered with reference to its value to the receiver; a benefit enjoyed, blessing, advantage, a thing to be thankful for: sometimes without even the notion of giving, but always with that of something that one has no claim to, or that might have been absent. (The usual current sense.) 1767.

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   something extremely useful, helpful, or beneficial; a blessing or benefit: the car was a boon to him. Etymology: 12th Century: from Old Norse bōn request; related to Old English bēn prayer.