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favourable
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective favourable has 4 senses
- favourable(a = adj.all) favorable - encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"
- favourable(a = adj.all) favorable - (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable" Derived form noun favourableness1
- favourable(s = adj.all) favorable - occurring at a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests"
- favourable(s = adj.all) favorable, golden, lucky, prosperous - presaging or likely to bring good luck; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision" Derived form noun favourableness1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
favourable, adj. (US favorable)
1 a well-disposed; propitious. b commendatory, approving.
2 giving consent (a favourable answer).
3 promising, auspicious, satisfactory (a favourable aspect).
4 (often foll. by to) helpful, suitable.
1 a well-disposed; propitious. b commendatory, approving.
2 giving consent (a favourable answer).
3 promising, auspicious, satisfactory (a favourable aspect).
4 (often foll. by to) helpful, suitable.
Derivative
favourableness n. favourably adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF favorable f. L favorabilis (as FAVOUR)
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