Definition
Advantage, benefit, or profit; something that is good or useful for someone.
Etymology
From Middle English 'behove' (to be necessary or advantageous), influenced by Old Norse 'behófr' (necessity). The '-oof' ending was added as a noun form, though this variant is archaic.
Kelly Says
The word 'behoof' contains the same root as 'behoove,' but it's so old-fashioned that most English speakers wouldn't recognize it—yet its meaning lives on in common phrases like 'for your benefit.'
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንደ አስፈላጊ
en-de a-se-fa-la-gi
CACatalà
avantatge
a-van-ta-ge
CSČeština
potřebnost
po-tre-b-nost
DEDeutsch
nützlich
nüt-lich
ELΕλληνικά
χρήσιμος
ch-ri-si-mos
ESEspañol
conveniencia
con-ven-cien-cia
FISuomi
käytännöllinen
kayt-tan-no-lli-nen
FRFrançais
utilité
u-ti-li-te
HEעברית
היתרון
ha-i-tro-n
HUMagyar
hasznos
hasz-nos
IDBahasa Indonesia
kegunaan
ke-go-o-nan
ITItaliano
convenienza
con-ve-nien-za
MSBahasa Melayu
kegunaan
ke-go-o-nan
NLNederlands
nuttig
nüt-tig
PLPolski
pożyteczność
po-ży-tecz-no-ść
PTPortuguês
conveniência
con-ven-cien-cia
RORomână
utilitate
u-ti-li-ta-te
RUРусский
полезность
po-lez-no-st'
SVSvenska
nyttigt
ny-t-tig
SWKiswahili
faida
fa-i-da
THไทย
ประโยชน์
pra-yo-ch-n
TLTL
kailangan
kai-la-ngan
TRTürkçe
yararlılık
yar-ar-li-lik
UKУкраїнська
користь
ko-rist'
VITiếng Việt
có ích
co ich