favourable
Britishadjective
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advantageous, encouraging, or promising
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giving consent
Other Word Forms
- favourableness noun
- favourably adverb
Example Sentences
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The reality is that the odds of making it to F1 are less favourable than making it into space - there are more astronauts in the world than F1 drivers.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
But after "25 years of degradation of the country's institutional, productive, and social fabric", he says, the conditions for that are now far less favourable.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The format of the Champions League means there is rarely such thing as a favourable draw.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
"Like the first round, where the score was very favourable against the Force, 50 points in any game is a good result," he said.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Here circumstances are very favourable, and where circumstances are favourable there cannot be great difficulty, provided that you imitate the institutions of those men I have proposed as your target.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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