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# boon

«boon» in Mova's school dictionary: **very helpful and makes life better** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a boon, boons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Something that is very helpful and makes life better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boon/#m1)

2) (old) A favour or request someone asks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and news: «the new library is a boon to the village». In old stories, a hero asks the king for a boon. Phrase: a boon companion (an old phrase for a close friend).

### examples

- The new bus route is a boon for the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boon/#x1)
- The rain was a boon to the farmers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boon/#x2)
- Calculators are a boon for long sums. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boon/#x3)
- The knight asked the queen for a boon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boon/#x4)
- Free Wi-Fi is a real boon on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boon/#x5)

### note

Countable: a boon, boons. Opposite: a burden, a curse, a drawback. Often «a boon to/for».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «boon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.