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expedient

[ ik-spee-dee-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances:

    It is expedient that you go.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right.
  3. acting in accordance with expediency, or what is advantageous.


noun

  1. a means to an end:

    The ladder was a useful expedient for getting to the second floor.

  2. a means devised or employed in an exigency; resource; shift:

    Use any expedients you think necessary to get over the obstacles in your way.

    Synonyms: , ,

expedient

/ ɪˈ辱ːɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. suitable to the circumstances; appropriate
  2. inclined towards methods or means that are advantageous rather than fair or just
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something suitable or appropriate, esp something used during an urgent situation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ徱Գٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·d·Գ· adverb
  • ԴDze·d·Գ adjective
  • non·d·Գ· adverb
  • ܲȴ-·d·Գ adjective
  • quasi-·d·Գ· adverb
  • ܲe·d·Գ adjective
  • un·d·Գ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of expedient1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin expedient- (stem of 徱ŧԲ ), present participle of ī. See expedite, -ent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of expedient1

C14: from Latin 徱ŧԲ setting free; see expedite
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Stanton is a bit of an elitist; Anthony actually comes from a more reformist, anti-slavery tradition, but she still makes those expedient compromises, which I think costs the suffrage movement.

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For school populations still processing the traumas of the deadly Palisades fire, an expedient return to classrooms has been important.

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They’ve worked with Mayor Karen Bass and her office, the local government in the Palisades and Steadfast LA, Rick Caruso’s nonprofit, to find the most efficient and expedient way to rebuild the rec center.

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Ukraine's top general, Oleksandr Syrskyi, insists that Ukrainian forces have pulled back to "more favourable positions", remain in Kursk and would do so "for as long as it is expedient and necessary".

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“I’m going to put a functional city above what might be more politically expedient for me,” McOsker said.

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