What does favourable mean?
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favourable
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Princeton's WordNet
favorable, favourableadjective
encouraging or approving or pleasing
"a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"
favorable, favourableadjective
(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate
"the days were fair and the winds were favorable"
favorable, favourableadjective
occurring at a convenient or suitable time
"an opportune time to receive guests"
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"
Wiktionary
favourableadjective
pleasing, encouraging or approving
The candidate wearing the business suit made a favourable impression.
favourableadjective
useful or helpful
We made quick progress, due to favourable winds.
favourableadjective
convenient or at a suitable time; opportune
The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match.
favourableadjective
auspicious or lucky
She says that she was born under a favourable star.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Favourableadjective
Etymology: favorable, French; favorabilis, Latin.
Famous Plantagenet! most gracious prince,
Lend favourable ear to our requests. William Shakespeare, Richard III.None can have the favourable thought,
That to obey a tyrant’s will they fought. John Dryden, Juvenal.People are multiplied in a country by the temper of the climate, favourable to generation, to health, and long life. William Temple.
Many good officers were willing to stay there, as a place very favourable for the making levies of men. Edward Hyde.
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.
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Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'favourable' in Adjectives Frequency: #770
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of favourable in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of favourable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of favourable in a Sentence
We are hopeful of a favourable response from them.
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.
We are a long way from a corporate crisis, this will be a great year in an environment that is not favourable.
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.
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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Translations for favourable
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- благоприя́тенBulgarian
- favorableCatalan, Valencian
- příznivýCzech
- günstigGerman
- favoraEsperanto
- favorableSpanish
- sopiva, suotuisa, myönteinenFinnish
- favorableFrench
- अनुकूलHindi
- նպաստավորArmenian
- favorevoleItalian
- 順調, 好調Japanese
- dogodny, szczęśliwy, sprzyjającyPolish
- favorávelPortuguese
- favorabilRomanian
- прия́тный, подходя́щий, благоприя́тный, благоприя́тствующий, удо́бныйRussian
- சாதகமானTamil
- సానుకూలము, అనుకూలమైనTelugu
- 有利Chinese
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