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profited

profited is the simple past and past participle of profit.

Meaning of profit

Verb

profit (third-person singular simple present profits, present participle profiting, simple past and past participle profited)

  1. (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
    • The word preached did not profit them.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 4:2
  2. (intransitive) To benefit, gain.
  3. (intransitive) To take advantage of, exploit, use.

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Questions about profited

What is profited the simple past and past participle of?
Profited is the simple past and past participle of profit.

Words near profited in the dictionary

  1. profitability
  2. profitable
  3. profitableness
  4. profitablest
  5. profitably
  6. profited
  7. profiteer
  8. profiteered
  9. profiteering
  10. profiteerings
  11. profiteers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: profited (page history and authors); profit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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