Meaning & use
reaps the benefits
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Meaning
phraseidiom
Gets the good results of something he, she, or it has done or invested in.
Grammar: Used with a singular subject; the plural subject form is "reap the benefits."
Patterns
- reap the benefits of something
- reap the benefits from something
A company that trains its staff well reaps the benefits for years.
She reaps the benefits of years of hard practice every time she plays.
The city reaps the benefits of the new park in cleaner air and happier families.
Common combinations
- reap the benefits of
- Farmers who plant early often reap the benefits of a longer growing season.
- reap the benefits from
- The school reaps the benefits from its strong music program.
- eventually reap the benefits
- If you keep saving now, you will eventually reap the benefits.
- reap the rewards
- After months of study, he finally reaped the rewards.
- reap what you sow
- Be kind to people; you reap what you sow.
Synonyms and how they differ
- enjoys the benefits
- More neutral and less figurative; it simply states that someone has the good results.
- profits from
- Focuses on gaining something, often money, rather than on the results of effort.
Opposites
Word family
- reap verb
- To cut and gather a crop, or more generally to get a result from what you have done.
- benefit noun
- A helpful or good effect.
- beneficial adjective
- Having a good or helpful effect.
Commonly confused: reaps the benefits or reaps the rewards?
reaps the benefits vs reaps the rewards
Very close in meaning, but "rewards" suggests something given in return, while "benefits" stresses the good effects themselves.
Practice
Which sentence uses the phrase correctly?
Choose one answer.
"Reaps" is third-person singular, so it matches "he." "They reaps" and "he reap" mix up subject and verb form, and "he reaping" needs a helping verb such as "is."
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