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favorable - 3 dictionary results
fa⋅vor⋅a⋅ble
[fey-ver-uh-buh
l, feyv-ruh-]
–adjective
| 1. | characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report. |
| 2. | creating or winning favor; pleasing: to make a favorable impression. |
| 3. | affording advantage, opportunity, or convenience; advantageous: a favorable position. |
| 4. | (of an answer) granting what is desired. |
| 5. | boding well; propitious: The signs are favorable for a new start. |
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Favorable
Fa"vor*a*ble\, a. [Written also favourable.] [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n.]1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. Lend favorable ears to our request. --Shak. Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. --Ps. lxxxv. 1. 2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. A place very favorable for the making levies of men. --Clarendon. The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. --Sir W. Temple. 3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, sdv. The faborableness of the present times to all extertions in the cause of liberty. --Burke.
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Language Translation for : favorable
Spanish:
auspicioso, favorable, propicio,
German:
günstig,
Japanese:
さい先のよい
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