Definitions for favourable
favourable

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1. favorable, favourable(adj)

   encouraging or approving or pleasing

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

2. favorable, favourable(adj)

   (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate

   "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

3. favorable, favourable(adj)

   occurring at a convenient or suitable time

   "an opportune time to receive guests"

4. golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous(adj)

   presaging or likely to bring good luck

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

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1. favourable(Adjective)

   pleasing, encouraging or approving

   The candidate wearing the business suit made a favourable impression.

2. favourable(Adjective)

   useful or helpful

   We made quick progress, due to favourable winds.

3. favourable(Adjective)

   convenient or at a suitable time; opportune

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

4. favourable(Adjective)

   auspicious or lucky

   She says that she was born under a favourable star.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

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

How to pronounce favourable ?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Christopher Delbrueck:

   There are options but they must be assured of favourable taxation models.

3. Seneca:

   If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him.

4. Greek Energy Minister Panos Skourletis:

   These (privatisations) will continue, but we need to find the most favourable terms for the society.

5. Shahriar Kabir:

   After filing the case, we realised that the bench would not be favourable for us, so we did not move further.

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