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Definition of benign in English: benignadjective bɪˈnʌɪnbəˈnaɪn 1Gentle and kind. his benign but firm manner Example sentencesExamples - The bookworm, Benjamin noted, was a gentle creature, a benign agent of history.
- And any benign thoughts my party may have harboured evaporated when our scheduled, relatively short sail took more than four hours to complete.
- He relaxed his pace, removed the look of appraisal and curious scrutiny from his face and replaced it with one of nonchalant friendliness and benign interest.
- The open eye, which had been fairly benign and friendly up until then, narrowed slightly into a bit of a glare.
- What makes an otherwise gentle and benign guy like him speak so callously and cruelly of 950 deaths?
- She was a benign, kind and gentle lady whom Julia had admired, respected and adored greatly.
- Visually, the show is a treat, and the tone is mostly benign and gentle.
- She was so gentle and benign, but worked so cleverly with people.
- However benign her motives, though, she should have been stopped.
- So I suppose the only point I am making is that the reader should not, in my opinion, mistake this kindly and benign country for the real thing.
- He had a warm, benign nature and offered himself to you as a friend and ally.
- I remember very well having the extraordinary sense that this place was very special - a benign and benevolent land.
- I believe the balance sheet of Australian history is a very generous and benign one.
- His eyes twinkle in that benign manner that makes me feel like I'm at a candy shop, talking to the old shop keeper.
- The mating game we were witnessing in the penguin colony was gentle and benign by comparison.
- At the moment, though, the normally benign Morris has fallen into a stern mood.
- The owner is front of house and seems permanently genial and benign as we all might be if we lived, as he, his wife and children do, in such a mood-improving environment.
- At home, his bond with his stepfather contributed to his benign and affectionate feelings toward men.
- The village spirits are considered benign, helping people to have good and happy lives so long as proper rituals are observed.
- It shows a benign countenance, the face of a genial, gentle man.
Synonyms kindly, kind, warm-hearted, good-natured, friendly, warm, affectionate, agreeable, amiable, good-humoured, genial, congenial, cordial, approachable, tender, tender-hearted, soft-hearted, gentle, sympathetic, compassionate, caring, considerate, thoughtful, helpful, well disposed, obliging, accommodating, generous, big-hearted, unselfish, benevolent, gracious, liberal, indulgent rare benignant - 1.1 (of a climate or environment) mild and favourable.
the climate becomes more benign as we move nearer to the Black Sea Example sentencesExamples - Breakoffs and override have occurred without warning, under locally benign weather conditions.
- Land that is close to major cities, has good views, is close to water and has a benign climate, attracts migrants from the urban areas.
- In persistently windy areas consider planting a windbreak to create a more benign climate for your garden.
- The opposite is true for most Australian wine production, where a benign climate and massive hydroponic systems deliver grapes that are almost identical from one year to the next.
- We are used to really quite benign weather patterns.
- If sown now these will be ready for transplanting at the end of March when the climate is more benign.
- It is said that due to its benign climate, the best tenors have always come from Italy.
- The winter freeze and spring thaw climatic conditions are also not typical of Australia's relatively benign climate.
- On a summer's day Ben Nevis appears to be a benign environment, with a track leading to the summit used by around 70,000 walkers a year.
- We often work in a benign weather environment, but we always should be prepared to handle weather contingencies.
- Even seemingly benign weather will heat up a roof.
- I thought permaculture was about creating synergy between plants so that you develop a little benign ecosystem in your backyard.
- The northeast of Tasmania is often noted for its relatively benign climate, and certainly receives much less rain than the western half of the island State.
- Durban has the most benign tropical climate in Africa.
- Then in the Holocene we had a period of benign climatic stability.
- Jersey's benign climate and free-draining sandy soil provide the ideal environment for over 80 species of lavender.
- The region's benign climate, chalky terrain and spectacular summer light is a wine-maker's dream.
- Only 2 percent of the globe enjoys this benign weather pattern, envied by the rest of the world, where warm, dry summers follow mild, wet winters.
- When confronted by a stress, a mobile organism can seek refuge in physically benign microhabitats or abandon the area entirely.
- That allows us to be a major, efficient agricultural producer, and the key factor is the relatively benign climate that we enjoy in our temperate region.
Synonyms temperate, mild, gentle, clement, calm, balmy, pleasant, agreeable, soft, soothing, refreshing healthy, health-giving, wholesome, salubrious favourable, advantageous, beneficial helpful, propitious, auspicious, lucky, opportune, fortunate, providential, encouraging, benevolent, conducive right, good - 1.2 Not harmful to the environment.
the cycle as a benign form of transport in combination an ozone-benign refrigerant
2Medicine
(of a disease) not harmful in effect. Example sentencesExamples - Patients with prostate cancer tend to have lower free-total ratios than do patients with benign disease.
- Asthma in young children is no longer considered a benign disease, since it often presents with acute exacerbations.
- Infections are typically benign, asymptomatic, and lifelong.
- Isolated atrial and ventricular ectopic beats in pregnant women without existing heart disease are usually benign.
- Her past medical history was significant only for an abdominal hysterectomy performed more than 10 years earlier for benign disease.
- Polymyalgia is not a benign disease, but correctly treated it can be controlled.
- Fever may be a marker of sepsis, localized infection, occult bacteremia, or benign illness.
- They've been inserting bits of it into other strains of flu that wouldn't normally kill mice, and seeing whether the changes make that benign flu more lethal.
- ‘But it is generally quite a benign condition, which is easily managed and treated,’ Dr Pye said.
- Uncomplicated infections are generally benign but, if not treated, can interfere with daily life.
- Accordingly, SARS-associated coronavirus may not change rapidly into a benign infection.
- Each year scores of different respiratory viruses cause a mostly benign illness, which cannot be distinguished clinically by causal agent.
- The disease seems to be benign in chimpanzees, too.
- Levels exceeding 10 ng per mL are rarely due to benign disease.
- Following up the placebo arm of a randomised trial can be a good way of tracking the course of benign diseases.
- The specimens for histologic diagnoses in these groups were obtained by hysterectomies performed to treat other benign diseases.
- Because the syndrome is benign most individuals do not even know they carry a hemoglobin abnormality.
- As it turned out, subsequent events proved that the suspected cancer was benign.
- In actual fact, for the vast majority of cases, the childhood infectious diseases are benign and self-limiting.
- It is difficult to distinguish premalignant lesions from more common benign inflammatory conditions in the general population.
- 2.1 (of a tumour) not malignant.
Example sentencesExamples - The difference between malignant and benign tumours is that malignant tumours have the ability to invade surrounding areas.
- In the brain, both malignant and benign tumours can be harmful because they increase pressure in the skull.
- It is currently believed that most colorectal carcinomas start as benign adenomas that undergo malignant transformation into adenocarcinoma.
- A more sinister consequence of prolonged sun exposure is the greatly increased incidence of both benign and malignant tumours.
- Pleomorphic adenoma is a benign neoplasm that occurs in major or minor salivary glands.
Synonyms harmless, non-malignant, non-cancerous, non-dangerous, innocent curable, remediable, treatable, removable technical benignant
Origin Middle English: from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus, probably from bene 'well' + -genus '-born'. Compare with gentle1. Rhymes align, assign, brine, chine, cline, combine, condign, confine, consign, dine, divine, dyne, enshrine, entwine, fine, frontline, hardline, interline, intertwine, kine, Klein, line, Main, malign, mine, moline, nine, on-line, opine, outshine, pine, Rhein, Rhine, shine, shrine, sign, sine, spine, spline, stein, Strine, swine, syne, thine, tine, trine, twine, Tyne, underline, undermine, vine, whine, wine Definition of benign in US English: benignadjectivebəˈnīnbəˈnaɪn 1Gentle; kindly. his benign but firm manner her face was calm and benign Example sentencesExamples - So I suppose the only point I am making is that the reader should not, in my opinion, mistake this kindly and benign country for the real thing.
- At home, his bond with his stepfather contributed to his benign and affectionate feelings toward men.
- At the moment, though, the normally benign Morris has fallen into a stern mood.
- He had a warm, benign nature and offered himself to you as a friend and ally.
- I believe the balance sheet of Australian history is a very generous and benign one.
- I remember very well having the extraordinary sense that this place was very special - a benign and benevolent land.
- Visually, the show is a treat, and the tone is mostly benign and gentle.
- The owner is front of house and seems permanently genial and benign as we all might be if we lived, as he, his wife and children do, in such a mood-improving environment.
- The open eye, which had been fairly benign and friendly up until then, narrowed slightly into a bit of a glare.
- His eyes twinkle in that benign manner that makes me feel like I'm at a candy shop, talking to the old shop keeper.
- She was a benign, kind and gentle lady whom Julia had admired, respected and adored greatly.
- What makes an otherwise gentle and benign guy like him speak so callously and cruelly of 950 deaths?
- The mating game we were witnessing in the penguin colony was gentle and benign by comparison.
- It shows a benign countenance, the face of a genial, gentle man.
- The bookworm, Benjamin noted, was a gentle creature, a benign agent of history.
- However benign her motives, though, she should have been stopped.
- And any benign thoughts my party may have harboured evaporated when our scheduled, relatively short sail took more than four hours to complete.
- She was so gentle and benign, but worked so cleverly with people.
- He relaxed his pace, removed the look of appraisal and curious scrutiny from his face and replaced it with one of nonchalant friendliness and benign interest.
- The village spirits are considered benign, helping people to have good and happy lives so long as proper rituals are observed.
Synonyms kindly, kind, warm-hearted, good-natured, friendly, warm, affectionate, agreeable, amiable, good-humoured, genial, congenial, cordial, approachable, tender, tender-hearted, soft-hearted, gentle, sympathetic, compassionate, caring, considerate, thoughtful, helpful, well disposed, obliging, accommodating, generous, big-hearted, unselfish, benevolent, gracious, liberal, indulgent - 1.1 (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable.
Example sentencesExamples - In persistently windy areas consider planting a windbreak to create a more benign climate for your garden.
- We often work in a benign weather environment, but we always should be prepared to handle weather contingencies.
- Land that is close to major cities, has good views, is close to water and has a benign climate, attracts migrants from the urban areas.
- We are used to really quite benign weather patterns.
- Even seemingly benign weather will heat up a roof.
- Jersey's benign climate and free-draining sandy soil provide the ideal environment for over 80 species of lavender.
- Breakoffs and override have occurred without warning, under locally benign weather conditions.
- If sown now these will be ready for transplanting at the end of March when the climate is more benign.
- The winter freeze and spring thaw climatic conditions are also not typical of Australia's relatively benign climate.
- Then in the Holocene we had a period of benign climatic stability.
- When confronted by a stress, a mobile organism can seek refuge in physically benign microhabitats or abandon the area entirely.
- The region's benign climate, chalky terrain and spectacular summer light is a wine-maker's dream.
- That allows us to be a major, efficient agricultural producer, and the key factor is the relatively benign climate that we enjoy in our temperate region.
- On a summer's day Ben Nevis appears to be a benign environment, with a track leading to the summit used by around 70,000 walkers a year.
- I thought permaculture was about creating synergy between plants so that you develop a little benign ecosystem in your backyard.
- The northeast of Tasmania is often noted for its relatively benign climate, and certainly receives much less rain than the western half of the island State.
- The opposite is true for most Australian wine production, where a benign climate and massive hydroponic systems deliver grapes that are almost identical from one year to the next.
- It is said that due to its benign climate, the best tenors have always come from Italy.
- Durban has the most benign tropical climate in Africa.
- Only 2 percent of the globe enjoys this benign weather pattern, envied by the rest of the world, where warm, dry summers follow mild, wet winters.
Synonyms temperate, mild, gentle, clement, calm, balmy, pleasant, agreeable, soft, soothing, refreshing favourable, advantageous, beneficial - 1.2 Not harmful to the environment.
in combination an ozone-benign refrigerant
2Medicine
(of a disease) not harmful in effect: in particular, (of a tumor) not malignant. Example sentencesExamples - The disease seems to be benign in chimpanzees, too.
- As it turned out, subsequent events proved that the suspected cancer was benign.
- Isolated atrial and ventricular ectopic beats in pregnant women without existing heart disease are usually benign.
- Uncomplicated infections are generally benign but, if not treated, can interfere with daily life.
- ‘But it is generally quite a benign condition, which is easily managed and treated,’ Dr Pye said.
- In actual fact, for the vast majority of cases, the childhood infectious diseases are benign and self-limiting.
- Patients with prostate cancer tend to have lower free-total ratios than do patients with benign disease.
- Her past medical history was significant only for an abdominal hysterectomy performed more than 10 years earlier for benign disease.
- It is difficult to distinguish premalignant lesions from more common benign inflammatory conditions in the general population.
- Following up the placebo arm of a randomised trial can be a good way of tracking the course of benign diseases.
- Polymyalgia is not a benign disease, but correctly treated it can be controlled.
- Accordingly, SARS-associated coronavirus may not change rapidly into a benign infection.
- Because the syndrome is benign most individuals do not even know they carry a hemoglobin abnormality.
- Levels exceeding 10 ng per mL are rarely due to benign disease.
- Asthma in young children is no longer considered a benign disease, since it often presents with acute exacerbations.
- Fever may be a marker of sepsis, localized infection, occult bacteremia, or benign illness.
- Each year scores of different respiratory viruses cause a mostly benign illness, which cannot be distinguished clinically by causal agent.
- Infections are typically benign, asymptomatic, and lifelong.
- The specimens for histologic diagnoses in these groups were obtained by hysterectomies performed to treat other benign diseases.
- They've been inserting bits of it into other strains of flu that wouldn't normally kill mice, and seeing whether the changes make that benign flu more lethal.
Origin Middle English: from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus, probably from bene ‘well’ + -genus ‘-born’. Compare with gentle. |