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favourable

[ UK /fˈe‍ɪvəɹəbə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
  2. (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate
    the days were fair and the winds were favorable
  3. encouraging or approving or pleasing
    listened with a favorable ear
    made a favorable impression
    he received a favorable rating
    a favorable reply
  4. giving an advantage
    a contract advantageous to our country
    socially advantageous to entertain often

How To Use favourable In A Sentence

  • This period provided a favourable environment for the spread of communism.
  • The reports of thefe pra&itioners are certainly favourable, in fome degree, to the idea of diluting the variolous contagion; however, many more fa&s are wanting deci - sively to edablifh the fuperiour advantage of this mode of inoculation.. The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan
  • And in another boost to Land Securities' hopes of winning permission this time round, ordinary members of the public have given a generally favourable response to the scheme.
  • The disappointing profits are due to unfavourable currency translations.
  • Energy is more readily conveyed to the various parts of the smaller mass, and hence the lesser organisms will more actively functionate; and this, as being the urging dynamic attitude, as well as that most generally favourable in the struggle, will multiply and favour such forms of life. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays
  • At first glance, that mightn't seem very favourable as many top players like to take a break after a major championship.
  • Employee attitudes towards a move may be made more favourable if the employer allows the relocation to take place during school holidays.
  • That is why I think it hasn't got favourable reviews here, because something gets lost in the translation.
  • These major die-offs will continue to occur at unpredictable intervals when the most extensive, persistent, extremely unfavourable snow and ice conditions prevail.
  • Only in the far east were conditions different and more favourable to battle.
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