favourable
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Etymology edit
From Middle English favourable, from Old French favorable, from Latin favōrābilis, from favor.
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favourable (comparative more favourable, superlative most favourable)
- Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
- Synonyms: approving, encouraging, good, pleasing
- Antonyms: bad, discouraging, displeasing, unfavorable
- The candidate wearing the business suite made a favourable impression.
- Useful or helpful.
- Synonyms: advantageous, helpful, useful
- Antonym: unhelpful
- We made quick progress, due to favourable winds.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto IX:
- So draw him home to those that mourn
In vain; a favourable speed
Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead
Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn.
- Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune.
- Synonyms: convenient, good, handy, opportune, suitable
- Antonyms: bad, inconvenient, inopportune, unsuitable
- The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match.
- Auspicious or lucky.
- Synonyms: auspicious, fortunate, lucky
- Antonyms: inauspicious, unfavourable, unlucky
- She says that she was born under a favourable star.
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pleasing
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useful
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opportune
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auspicious
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Noun edit
favourable (plural favourables)
- (plural only) Favourability ratings, percentage of people in favour
- 2020 October 17, Éric Grenier, “How U.S. polls got it wrong in 2016 — and why they're more likely to get it right this time”, in CBC[1]:
- As of Friday, RealClearPolitics puts Biden's favourables at 51 per cent and his unfavourables at 44 per cent.
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French favorable, from Latin favorabilis; equivalent to favour + -able.
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favourable
Descendants edit
- English: favourable, favorable
References edit
- “fāvǒurāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.