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favorable - 3 dictionary results

fa⋅vor⋅a⋅ble

  [fey-ver-uh-buhl, feyv-ruh-]
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–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.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < AF, MF < L favōrābilis. See favor, -able

Related forms:
fa⋅vor⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
fa⋅vor⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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fa·vor·a·ble   (fā'vər-ə-bəl, fāv'rə-)   
adj.  
  1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds.
  2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis.
  3. Manifesting approval; commendatory: a favorable report.
  4. Winning approval; pleasing: a favorable impression.
  5. Granting what has been desired or requested: a favorable reply.
  6. Indulgent or partial: listened with a favorable ear.
fa'vor·a·ble·ness n., fa'vor·a·bly adv.
Synonyms: These adjectives describe what is indicative of a successful outcome. Favorable can refer to what contributes in a positive way to the attainment of a goal: a favorable review.
Propitious implies a favorable tendency or inclination: "Miracles are propitious accidents" (George Santayana).
Auspicious refers to what presages good fortune: an auspicious beginning.
Benign applies to people or things that exert a beneficial influence: "I lingered round them, under that benign sky . . . and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth" (Emily Brontë).
Something conducive leads or contributes to a result, often a desirable one: a quiet place conducive to reading.
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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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