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favorable

[fey-ver-uh-buhl, feyv-ruh-]

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adjective

characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.

creating or winning favor; pleasing: to make a favorable impression.

affording advantage, opportunity, or convenience; advantageous: a favorable position.

(of an answer) granting what is desired.

boding well; propitious: The signs are favorable for a new start.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin favōrābilis. See favor, -able

Related forms

fa·vor·a·ble·ness, noun

fa·vor·a·bly, adverb

non·fa·vor·a·ble, adjective

non·fa·vor·a·ble·ness, noun

non·fa·vor·a·b·ly, adverb

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o·ver·fa·vor·a·ble, adjective

o·ver·fa·vor·a·ble·ness, noun

o·ver·fa·vor·a·b·ly, adverb

pre·fa·vor·a·ble, adjective

pre·fa·vor·a·b·ly, adverb

qua·si-fa·vor·a·ble, adjective

qua·si-fa·vor·a·b·ly, adverb

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Example Sentences

Maybe the law does allow for favorable tax treatment for hedge funds if you have good enough lawyers.

The climate is favorable for so-called whistle-blowers to make outlandish claims that are no longer subjected to media scrutiny.

It's sad to see such an obsolete and downright dangerous theory get this favorable write-up.

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Maybe the law does allow for favorable tax treatment for hedge funds if you have good enough lawyers.

The climate is favorable for so-called whistle-blowers to make outlandish claims that are no longer subjected to media scrutiny.

It's sad to see such an obsolete and downright dangerous theory get this favorable write-up.

Spring and fall are favorable times for hiking, but be prepared for warm days and cold evenings.

As the climate shifts, many species will migrate to more favorable destinations, altering their natural range.

And menu prices shredded by the favorable exchange rate.

Wagering on no-limit hold-em poker in the virtual world is more favorable to the real world, he said.

If you made a favorable impression on the committee, you won't have to remind them who you are by sending a follow-up letter.

The ability to weld power through these organizations and set favorable policies.

As always, a few words in the local language usually result in more favorable treatment.

The high humidity would generally make regional conditions favorable for fungi development.

Fireblight may afflict susceptible trees anywhere when conditions are favorable.

If you give them the opportunity to speak and let them know you are listening you'll make a favorable impression.

Matloff suggests that they could reduce the wait time considerably by nudging the asteroid into a more favorable orbit.

Kenya has potential to be a favorable tourist location, but they must first take steps to accomodate their guests.

The favorable business climate has particularly spurred growth in banking and financial services.

Long term relationships can grow only if the first and few subsequent meetings are favorable.

And if black tends to win more often than white, then you know that move is favorable to black.

Remember also the issue of highly favorable letters to get rid of someone they hate.

The website only strains the eyes and the tendons of the hand, which is apparently a more favorable outcome.

But he did point out the species adapted to an earlier collapse of favorable environmental conditions before humans emerged.

Bacteria are designed to do this and to sample favorable genetic elements even in the absence of specific chemical challenge.

It combines the favorable royalties of self-publishing with the literary clout of a traditional publishing house.

It is because the law is often not favorable to your position.

Nothing in the right mind seems favorable for this state at the moment.

The sagas, on the other hand, portray the settlers in a favorable light.

Spores allow bacteria to survive until more favorable conditions develop and the bacteria can resume their normal growth.

Chevrolet certainly isn't alone in pocketing a little profit based on favorable exchange rates.

There is a fee, but it usually is somewhat balanced by the much more favorable exchange rate.

And there will, potentially, be two favorable effects.

Winter has a far more favorable climate for exploring the sites.

Women who have no choice need to know what they are in for even if it isn't favorable.

When it's time to start betting big to take advantage of a favorable deck, he tips off his teammates.

Except, my experience has been that there are some places that are more favorable to good ears than not.

They create businesses overseas in more favorable tax climates.

The winds were favorable all the way: northwest and at times southwest.

But sometimes, depth is far more favorable than breadth.

Honda confirms working with bikes is favorable on a number of levels.

Even a ruling favorable to e-reserves may threaten another practice common among faculty members:.

Favorable slight of hands are quite useful to misappropriate from the unwilling and willing alike.

Sharks, themselves, don't enjoy such favorable odds.

Condition favorable for human life could vanish on this planet with one big comet or the eruption of one mega volcanoe.

Furthermore, their ratings of the product were as favorable as those who sampled the salty, buttery treat.

People tend to offer a version of history that presents them in a favorable light.

The tax structure is somehow favorable to rich people.

Another variable in the creation of hurricanes-decreased upper-level atmospheric winds-is also favorable to storm formation.

However, a cooler summer with favorable winds helped preserve the ice.

The fuzzy boundaries afforded by vague information allow people to distort that information in a favorable manner.

For one thing, the favorable ratio of demand to supply guarantees a ceaseless flow of students.

While this figure may be favorable to sports which have an easier.

If the climate was favorable for the oyster, the oyster probably grew more quickly and the rings would be thicker.

State rebates are much less favorable than they used to be.

But government budget cuts will affect student loans, and there will be less money at less favorable terms.

His unexplained death while he was traveling abroad left a vacuum favorable to confrontations over power.

Even plants exhibit tropisms towards conditions favorable to their growth.

Give marijuana back to the people and freedom and liberty itself will turn what was an ugly problem into a favorable outcome.

So in a favorable environment, this leads to over-speciation.

The only fix being discussed is deferral of retirement age, which won't be favorable to the questions below.

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World English Dictionary

favourable or favorable (ˈfeɪvərəb^əl, ˈfeɪvrə-, ˈfeɪvərəb^əl, ˈfeɪvrə-)

—*adj*
1.	advantageous, encouraging, or promising
2.	giving consent

favorable or favorable

—*adj*

'favourableness or favorable

—n

'favorableness or favorable

—n

'favourably or favorable

—*adv*

favorably or favorable

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

favorable

mid-14c., from Fr. favorable, from L. favorabilis, from favor (see favor). Related: Favorably.

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