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US
/ˈfeɪvɝəbəɫ, ˈfeɪvɹəbəɫ/
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[ UK /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/ ]
[ UK /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
a favorable time to ask for a raise
lucky stars
a prosperous moment to make a decision -
(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate
the days were fair and the winds were favorable -
encouraging or approving or pleasing
listened with a favorable ear
made a favorable impression
he received a favorable rating
a favorable reply -
giving an advantage
a contract advantageous to our country
socially advantageous to entertain often
How To Use favorable In A Sentence
- The transitional zones between low backgrounds of W Mo group elements and iron group and chalcophile elements are the favorable enriched zones of uranium deposits.
- I do not know if that linkage can be proven, but my guess is the fee was the result of a number of actions that Harding took, over a period of years, which were favorable to Hevesi. Henry J. Stern: Betrayal of the Public Trust
- Large birds have a more favorable ratio of lean to bone than small ones. 12.
- And so they traveled north with the current and favorable winds of the season.
- The Don wants his Rocking K development annexed by the city under the most favorable conditions he can get.
- But despite the favorable atmosphere, police remained on alert for possible security threats on the session, the officer said.
- Cefotaximes has an especially favorable balance of activity againstgram - positive cocci, gram - negative aerobes, and someanaerobic organisms.
- In addition, a huge thickness of foredeep clastic rock in southern foreland basin is a favorable place of exploration of deep-basin gas and carbon dioxide gas pools.
- While SocGen management has called Kerviel a trader "without genius" who was "acting alone," French bloggers are touting his "lucidity" and bravery for standing up to a system that "brings up its shady dealings only when they are unfavorable to them. France’s New Anti-Hero
- Eager to attack Troy, Agamemnon kills her, and the Greeks are given favorable winds for their ships.