Definitions for favourable
favourable

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. favorable, favourableadjective

   encouraging or approving or pleasing

   "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"

2. favorable, favourableadjective

   (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate

   "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

3. favorable, favourableadjective

   occurring at a convenient or suitable time

   "an opportune time to receive guests"

4. golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperousadjective

   presaging or likely to bring good luck

   "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. favourableadjective

   pleasing, encouraging or approving

   The candidate wearing the business suit made a favourable impression.

2. favourableadjective

   useful or helpful

   We made quick progress, due to favourable winds.

3. favourableadjective

   convenient or at a suitable time; opportune

   The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match.

4. favourableadjective

   auspicious or lucky

   She says that she was born under a favourable star.

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

1. Favourableadjective

   Etymology: favorable, French; favorabilis, Latin.

   1. Kind; propitious; affectionate

   Famous Plantagenet! most gracious prince,
   Lend favourable ear to our requests. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   2. Palliative; tender; averse from censure.

   None can have the favourable thought,
   That to obey a tyrant’s will they fought. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   3. Conducive to; contributing to; propitious.

   People are multiplied in a country by the temper of the climate, favourable to generation, to health, and long life. William Temple.

   4. Accommodate; convenient.

   Many good officers were willing to stay there, as a place very favourable for the making levies of men. Edward Hyde.

   5. Beautiful; well favoured; well featured. Obsolete.

   Of all the race of silver-winged flies
   Which do possess the empire of the air,
   Betwixt the centred earth and azure skies
   Was none more favourable, nor more fair,
   Than Clarion, the eldest son and heir
   Of Muscarol. Edmund Spenser.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. favourable

   Favourable generally refers to something that is advantageous, beneficial, or promoting or resulting in a good outcome. It could also mean something that is positively received or looked upon with approval or satisfaction. In addition, it can describe conditions or circumstances that increase the chances of success or effectiveness.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'favourable' in Adjectives Frequency: #770

How to pronounce favourable?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say favourable in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of favourable in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of favourable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of favourable in a Sentence

1. Milorad Dodik:

   This is a favourable arrangement which will support the budget and enable stable payments of pensions and wages and strengthen liquidity of the public sector.

2. Jens Weidmann on Thursday:

   The main drivers are the favourable labour market situation and substantial increases in households' real disposable income, though foreign trade is currently being hampered by frail demand from the emerging market economies, but with export markets outside the euro area expected to rebound and economic growth within the euro area gaining a little more traction, the healthy underlying state of the German economy should stand out even more clearly over the next two years.

3. Arian Ardie:

   I would not be betting against a favourable ruling by the court, these are fundamental changes in base laws that regulate commerce in Indonesia.

4. Chang Sea-jin:

   Adopting something like dual-class shares would be basically adding a measure that favours the families on top of what is already a favourable system for them.

5. Chen Bo:

   Hebei is enjoying favourable financing support due to its proximity to the capital and the urgency of cleaning up air pollution.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=favourable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Favourable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=favourable
4. ^ ChatGPT
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