Definitions for favourable
favourable

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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.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

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

How to pronounce favourable?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   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. Prabhat Singh:

   We are hopeful of a favourable response from them.

2. Van Rooyen:

   I take this job at a very challenging time. I will endeavour to ensure every policy is directed at creating favourable investment conditions that will lead to the development of South Africa for all South Africans.

3. Executive Wolfgang Bernhard:

   We are a long way from a corporate crisis, this will be a great year in an environment that is not favourable.

4. Paul Kahn:

   In Wales alone, some 150-200,000 jobs could be directly impacted if Britain were to leave, if after an exit from the European Union, economic conditions in Britain were less favourable for business than in other parts of Europe, or beyond; would Airbus reconsider future investment in the United Kingdom? Yes, absolutely.

5. Yutaka Miura:

   A combination of a dollar-yen level above 111 and higher U.S. stock futures is favourable to Japanese stocks, while sentiment has recovered.

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