Definitions for expedient
ɪkˈspi di əntex·pe·di·ent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. expedientadjective

   a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

2. expedientadjective

   serving to promote your interest

   "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

3. expedientadjective

   appropriate to a purpose; practical

   "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. expedientnoun

   A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

2. expedientadjective

   Simple, easy, or quick; convenient.

   Most people, faced with a decision, will choose the most expedient option.

3. expedientadjective

   Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.

4. Etymology: From expediens (stem expedient-), present participle of expedire, from ex + pes

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. EXPEDIENTadjective

   Etymology: expedit, Latin.

   1. Proper; fit; convenient; suitable.

   All things are not expedient: in things indifferent there is a choice; they are not always equally expedient. Richard Hooker, b. ii.

   When men live as if there were no God, it becomes expedient for them that there should be none; and then they endeavour to persuade themselves so. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   2. In William Shakespeare, quick; expeditious.

   The adverse winds,
   Whose leisure I have staid, have given him time
   To land his legions all as soon as I:
   His marches are expedient to this town. William Shakespeare, King John.

2. Expedientnoun

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   1. That which helps forward; as means to an end.

   God, who delights not to grieve the children of men, does not project for our sorrow, but our innocence; and would never have invited us to the one, but as an expedient to the other. Decay of Piety.

   2. A shift; means to an end which are contrived in an exigence.

   Th’ expedient pleas’d, where neither lost his right;
   Mars had the day, and Venus had the night. Dryden.

   He flies to a new expedient to solve the matter, and supposes an earth of a make and frame like that of Des Cartes. John Woodward.

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1. expedient

   Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC (a spinoff of Landmark Communications, Inc.) is a privately held media company headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia specializing in newspaper publishing, Internet publishing and software.

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1. expedient

   Expedient is an adjective that describes something as convenient and practical, even though it might be improper or immoral. Alternatively, as a noun, it refers to a means of attaining an end, particularly one that is convenient but may be improper or immoral.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Expedientadjective

   hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right

2. Expedientadjective

   quick; expeditious

3. Expedientnoun

   that which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end

4. Expedientnoun

   means devised in an exigency; shift

5. Etymology: [L. expediens, -entis, p. pr. of expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F. expdient. See Expedite.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Expedient

   eks-pē′di-ent, adj. suitable: advisable: (Shak.) hasty.—n. that which serves to promote: means suitable to an end: contrivance.—ns. Expē′dience (Shak.), haste, despatch: expediency; Expē′diency, fitness: desirableness: self-interest.—adj. Expedien′tial.—adv. Expē′diently. [L. expediens, -entis, pr.p. of expedīre.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. expedient

   A stratagem in warfare.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. expedient

   A stratagem in warfare.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of expedient in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of expedient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of expedient in a Sentence

1. Mark Cohen:

   He's letting leases expire, he's abandoning stores. He keeps them open if it's expedient to stay open, obviously, they are all going to be gone shortly. You can count on that.

2. Ben Carson:

   Politicians do what is politically expedient, and I want to do what's right.

3. May Nour:

   One stop shop. We can do labs, we can do CT scan, physician evaluation and we can give the medications, we don’t wait for transport time. We don’t wait for the patient to get to the hospital. We get to them and treat them in the most expedient way possible.

4. Dexter Scott King:

   My father said, 'Politics asks the question Is it expedient Vanity asks Is it popular But conscience asks Is it right'

5. Alexander Bortnikov:

   Until we know the real reasons for what happened, I consider it expedient to stop Russian flights to Egypt, above all, this concerns tourist routes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=expedient
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Expedient
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=expedient
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedient
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expedient
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=expedient
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=expedient
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html