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Meaning of 'favorable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Favorable [ n.]
- Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.
- Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.
- Beautiful; well-favored.

Meaning of 'favorable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . favorable [ a]
Meaning (1):
- giving an advantage
Example in sentence:
  • a contract advantageous to our country;
  • socially advantageous to entertain often
Meaning (2):
- encouraging or approving or pleasing
Example in sentence:
  • a favorable reply;
  • he received a favorable rating;
  • listened with a favorable ear;
  • made a favorable impression
Meaning (3):
- (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate
Example in sentence:
  • the days were fair and the winds were favorable
4 . favorable [ s]
Meaning (4):
- presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
Example in sentence:
  • a favorable time to ask for a raise;
  • a prosperous moment to make a decision;
  • lucky stars

Nearby Words:

favaginous favas favel favella faveolate favillous favonian favor favored favoredly

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