beneficent

[US]/bɪˈnefɪsnt/
[UK]/bɪˈnefɪsnt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. nailulunan ng kabutihan; mabait at mapagbigay.

Phrases & Collocations

beneficent ruler

mapagbigay na pinuno

Real-world Examples

Beneficent as hell, but I'll pass.

Kapaki-pakinabang na parang impyerno, pero tatanggihan ko pa rin.

Source: Billions Season 1

In the name of God, the most merciful, the most beneficent.

Sa ngalan ng Diyos, ang pinakamahababa, ang pinakamapagbigay.

Source: Complete English Speech Collection

I sneered at the idea of a beneficent God who had created man in His own likeness.

Naira ko ang ideya ng isang mapagbigay na Diyos na lumikha ng tao ayon sa kanyang sariling wangis.

Source: The virtues of human nature.

It warranted them in drawing together for the protection of an institution so necessary, so inevitable, so beneficent.

Nagbigay-katwiran sa kanila na magtipon-tipon para sa proteksyon ng isang institusyon na napakahalaga, hindi maiiwasan, at napakabuti.

Source: American history

" I mean: that he's an inconscient instrument of goodness, as it were? A — a sort of blindly beneficent force" ?

" Ibig sabihin ko: na siya ay isang hindi malay na instrumento ng kabutihan, kung gayon? Isang — isang uri ng bulag na mapagbigay na puwersa" ?

Source: People and Ghosts (Part 2)

They will get on together rarely; she as his ever beneficent mother; he as her mouthpiece, her conscious self, her minister and interpreter.

Paminsan-minsan lamang silang magkakasundo; siya bilang kanyang palaging mapagbigay na ina; siya bilang kanyang tagapagsalita, ang kanyang malay na pagkatao, ang kanyang ministro at tagapagsalin.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

This beneficent spring, after having satisfied our thirst on the road, would now be my guide among the windings of the terrestrial crust.

Ang mapagpalang bukal na ito, matapos nitong mapawi ang ating uhaw sa daan, ay magiging gabay ko na ngayon sa mga liku-liko ng lupa.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

Phoebe, it is probable, had but a very imperfect comprehension of the character over which she had thrown so beneficent a spell. Nor was it necessary.

Si Phoebe, malamang, ay mayroon lamang napakalaking hindi pagkaunawa sa karakter kung saan niya inihagis ang gayong mapagpalang mahika. Hindi rin ito kinakailangan.

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)

This is done so ably, and is, on the whole, such a beneficent work, that on the balance great praise is due to those who accomplish it.

Ito ay ginawa nang mahusay, at sa kabuuan, ito ay isang napakagandang gawain, kaya sa kabuuan, malaking papuri ang dapat sa mga taong nakatapos nito.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

He had said to himself that the only winning he cared for must be attained by a conscious process of high, difficult combination tending towards a beneficent result.

Sinabi niya sa kanyang sarili na ang tanging panalo na pinahalagahan niya ay dapat makuha sa pamamagitan ng isang malay na proseso ng mataas, mahirap na kombinasyon na patungo sa isang mapagpalang resulta.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Five)

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