Favourable

Definitions: Favourable

Favourable

Adjective

1. Encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression".

2. (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable".

3. At a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests".

4. Tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision".

Date "favourable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Favourable

Synonyms: auspicious (adj), encouraging (adj), favorable (adj), lucky (adj), opportune (adj), prosperous (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: unfavorable (adj). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Favourable Exchange: International Students in Canada (1988)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Creating a favourable legal/economic environment for foreign investment : proceedings of a workshop (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	But if I might advise them in the case, they would do well not to search too much into the original of governments, as they have begun de facto, lest they should find, at the foundation of most of them, something very little favourable to the design they promote, and such a power as they contend for. (Second Treatise of Government)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	During the first six months after the coming into force of the present Treaty, the duties imposed by Germany on imports from Allied and Associated States shall not be higher than the most favourable duties which were applied to imports into Germany on July 31, 1914. (reference)
United Nations	1948	Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	He quitted the militia and engaged in trade, having brothers already established in a good way in London, which afforded him a favourable opening.
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	Even the little boots did not miss their share of favourable criticism.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	On this ground and for this contest Wellington had the favourable side, Napoleon the unfavourable.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		A trunk network covering the entire country will create favourable conditions for the development of other networks and services (mobile telephony, data communications, cable TV, paging), and other telecommunications operators have been quick to use these advantages. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Favourable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.93% of the time. "Favourable" is used about 1,471 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.93%	1,470	5,515
Noun (proper)	0.07%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,471	N/A

Expressions using "favourable": be favourable ♦ be favourable to ♦ favourable attitude ♦ favourable estimate ♦ favourable position ♦ favourable reception ♦ favourable reply ♦ favourable sign ♦ favourable situation ♦ favourable trade balance ♦ favourable yaw. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "favourable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		gunsteling- (advantageous). (various references)

Albanian		favorizues (favorable), i mbarë (auspicious, favorable, felicitous, flourishing), i leverdishëm (advantageous, favorable, gainful, profitable), i favorshëm (advantageous, convenient, fair, favorable, friendly, inclinable, merciful, opportune, propitious). (various references)

Arabic		‏مناسب (adequate, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, conformable, congruent, congruous, convenient, due, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitting, harmonious, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, opportune, pat, proper, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), ‏ملائم (acceptable, accordant, adapted, adequate, advantageous, agreeable, agreeing, appropriate, apt, becoming, click, compatible, concordant, conformable, conforming, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, convenient, expedient, favorable, feasible, fit, fitting, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, matching, opportune, proper, propitious, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), ‏موافق (acceptable, appropriate, convenient, favorable, fit, suitable, yep), ‏محاب (favorable, one sided, partial), ‏مساعد (accessory, accomplice, advantageous, aid, ancillary, assistance, auxiliary, backing, beneficial, conducive, contributory, favorable, help, helpful, helpmate, propitious, serviceable, subsidiary, supplementary, support, useful), ‏مؤات (advantageous, fair, favorable, friendly, happy, kindly, lucky, opportune, propitious, prosperous, ripe), ‏مرض (ail, ailment, be ill, become ill, complaint, disease, fall ill, fall sick, favorable, get ill, illness, infirmity, mal, malady, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pox, satisfactory, satisfying, sicken, sickness, take ill, trouble), ‏مبشر بالنجاح (fair, favorable), ‏مبشر (auspicious, encouraging, evangelist, favorable, hopeful, missionary, preacher, promise, promising), ‏واعد (committed, favorable, hopeful, likely, portentous, promise, promised, promising), ‏سانح (favorable, propitious), ‏إيجابي (affirmative, favorable, plus, positive). (various references)

Bulgarian		удобен (agreeable, appropriate, carriageable, comfortable, comfy, convenient, cozy, easy, favorable, good, proper, ready made, suitable), разположен (affected, favorable, situated), благосклонен (agreeable, benevolent, favorable, friendly, gracious, propitious, well disposed), благоприятен (advantageous, conducive, favorable, large, merciful, opportune, propitious, prosperous, sympathetic, toward), попътен (fair, favorable, following, large, prosperous, wayside), изгоден (advantageous, creamy, expedient, favorable, gainful, good, inexpensive, lucrative, paying, plummy, profitable, remunerative). (various references)

Chinese		有利 (Advantageous, Beneficial, Favorable, profitability, Vantage). (various references)

Czech		výhodný (advantageous, expedient, favorable, paying, profitable, useful), příznivý (auspicious, beneficial, benign, fair, favorable, hopeful, hospitable, promising, propitiatory, propitious, prosperous). (various references)

Danish		gunstig (advantageous). (various references)

Dutch		toegenegen (advantageous, affectionate, devoted, selfless), gunstig (advantageous), goedgezind (advantageous). (various references)

Esperanto		favora (advantageous). (various references)

Faeroese		hollur (advantageous). (various references)

Finnish		suopea (advantageous, kind, well-disposed). (various references)

French		favorable (fair, favorable), propice (fair). (various references)

Frisian		geunstich (advantageous). (various references)

German		günstig (advantageous, auspicious, convenient, fair, fairly, favorable, favorably, favourably, fit, fortunate, friendly, golden, handily, keen, low-priced, medium-priced, opportune, opportunely, promising, propitious, propitiously, salutary, timely). (various references)

Greek		ευνοϊκόσ (benign, favorable, kind, propitious), αίσιοσ (auspicious, favorable). (various references)

Hebrew		חיובי (affirmative, compulsory, positive), רצוי (acceptable, appeasement, desirable, expedient, placation, propitiation, satisfaction, welcome), � וח (affable, calm, comfortable, convenient, cushy, easy, easygoing, fair, genial, good natured, mild, propitious, rest, snug, soft). (various references)

Hungarian		kedvező (approbation, clement, congenial, expedience, expediency, fair, favorable, fortunate, friendly, preferential, prosperous, subservient). (various references)

Indonesian		ijabah (favourable response (to prayer, wish)). (various references)

Italian		favorevole (bonanza, fair, Favor, favorable, favour, fortunate, kindly, partial, positive, prosperous), fausto (auspicious, favorable, fortunate), vantaggioso (advantageous, advantagious, convenient, favorable, helpful, profitable, useful), propizio (auspicious, fair, favorable, happy, lucky, propitious). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� �調 (all right, doing well, O.K.), 佳良 (good, successful), 好調 (in good shape, promising, satisfactory). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かりょう (correctional fine, good, medical treatment, minor fine, overdosage, overdose, petty officials, subordinates, successful), �"うちょう (bird of passage, blush, flood tide, flush, hard tone, headmaster, high spirits, high tide, in good shape, migratory bird, nightingale, offices of a public or governmental organization, principal, promising, satisfactory, surge), じゅ�"ちょう (all right, doing well, O.K.). (various references)

Korean		호의를 � 푸�" (Favorable). (various references)

Manx		mie (fair, good, goodly, goodness, moral, nice, pious, ready, virtue, virtuous), foayroil (approving, auspicious, conducive, propitious, tender, tender of memory), foayragh (preferential, propitious). (various references)

Norwegian		gunstig. (various references)

Papiamen		faborabel (advantageous). (various references)

Pig Latin		avourablefay

Portuguese		favorável (advantageous, auspicious, benign, benignant, bright, favorable, fortunate, friendly, inclinable, propitious, prosperous). (various references)

Romanian		favorabil (advantageous, appreciative, appreciatory, auspicious, bright, convenient, Dexter, fair, favorable, favorably, favored, favourably, favoured, fortunate, friendly, genial, genially, good, happy, inclinable, kindly, large, lucky, propitious, suited, towardly), prielnic (auspicious, bright, Dexter, fair, favorable, wholesome), bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, fine, fit, fitting, fond, fortunate, fortune, genuine, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, splendid, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome), binevoitor (amiable, benevolent, benignant, bland, charitable, condescending, favorable, friendly, genial, genteel, gentle, good, good natured, gracious, humane, kind, kindly, lithe, nice, propitious, ungrudging, well disposed, well meaning, well wisher, yielding), avantajos (advantageous, advantageously, eligible, fat, favorable, gainful, lucrative, profitable), apreciativ (appreciative, appreciatory, favorable), amabil (affable, agreeable, amiable, amiably, bland, considerate, courteous, decent, endearing, fair, favorable, genial, good natured, good tempered, gracious, kind, kindly, lovable, obliging, obligingly, polite, politely, sweet-tempered). (various references)

Russian		благоприятный (advantageous, auspicious, auspiciously, benign, conducive, fair, favorable, good, inclinable, kindly, merciful, opportune, propitious, trine). (various references)

Scottish		faochadh (a favourable crisis in sickness). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		povoljan (advantageous, auspicious, benignant, favorable, fortunate, trine, well appointed, well favored, well-favoured), pogodan (apt, conducive, convenient, favorable, fit, fitting, likely, proper, serviceable, suitable), naklonjen (favorable, friendly, inclined, slanted, well disposed). (various references)

Spanish		favorable (advantageous, auspicious, benign, fair, favorable, kind, kindly, pro, propitious, prosperous, right). (various references)

Swedish		gynnsam (advantageous, auspicious, benign, favorable, friendly, genial, happy, prosperous), gunstig (advantageous, favorable, friendly, well disposed), fördelaktig (advantageous, expedient, favorable, juicy, profitable, propitious). (various references)

Turkish		faydalı (advantageous, beneficial, benignant, favorable, helpful, of use, profitable, rewarding, salutary, serviceable, useful, utilitarian, utility, valuable), uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, convenient, cool, correct, decent, done, due, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable, felicitous, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pertinent, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, relevant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suitable, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched), tatminkâr (comfortable, famous, favorable, grateful, gratifying, satisfactory), taraftar (adherent, advocate, fan, favorable, follower, partisan, pro, side, supporter, sympathetic, sympathizer), olumlu (affirmative, assertive, content, favorable, peremptory), lehte (favorable, pro), iyi niyetli (bona fide, do gooder, favorable, gracious, pure-minded, spleenless, well disposed, well intentioned, well meaning, well-meant), elverişli (adequate, auspicious, convenient, opportune, practicable, practical, propitious, prosperous, streamlined, sufficient, suitable, susceptible), avantajlı (advantageous, expedient, favorable, favored, favoured). (various references)

Ukranian		схвальний (applausive, approbative, approbatory, favorable), сприятливий (accessory, advantageous, auspicious, benefic, benign, bright, conducive, conducive to, congenial, contributory, favorable, fortunate, kindly, opportune, profitable, propitious, prosperous, subservient, white), прихильний (adherent, benevolent, benignant, favorable, propitious, wedded). (various references)

Vietnamese		thuận (favorable), tán th� nh thuận lợi hứa hẹn tốt (favorable), có triển vọng có lợi (favorable), có thiện chí (favorable, well-meaning), có ích (conducive, favorable, furthersome, serviceable, subservient, useful). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Job Chapter 33, Verse 26
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	EuxamenoV de proV kurion kai dekta autw estai eiseleusetai de proswpw kaqarw sun exhgoria apodwsei de anqrwpoiV dikaiosunhn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Deprecabitur Deum et placabilis ei erit et videbit faciem eius in iubilo et reddet homini iustitiam suam
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	He shal preye God, and be plesable to hym; and seen his face in ioye, and yelde to man his riytwisnesse.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render to man his righteousness.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Job Chapter 33, Verse 26
Albanian	Do t'i lutet fort Perëndisë, do të gjejë hir pranë tij dhe do të mund të sodisë fytyrën e tij me gëzim, sepse Perëndia do ta ketë rivendosur njeriun në drejtësinë e tij.
Cebuano	Siya magaampo sa Dios, ug siya mahimuot kaniya, Busa magasud-ong siya sa iyang nawong sa kalipay: Ug igauli niya sa tawo ang iyang pagkamatarung.
Chinese	他禱告　神、　神就喜悅他、使他歡呼朝見　神的面．　神又看他為義。
Croatian	Vapije k Bogu i Bog ga usliša: radosno On ga pogleda u lice; vrati èovjeku pravednost njegovu.
Danish	Han beder til Gud, og han er ham nådig, han skuer med Jubel hans Åsyn, fortæller Mennesker om sin Frelse.
Dutch	Hij zal tot God ernstiglijk bidden, Die in hem een welbehagen nemen zal, en zijn aangezicht met gejuich aanzien; want Hij zal den mens zijn gerechtigheid wedergeven.
Finnish	Hän rukoilee Jumalaa, ja Jumala mielistyy häneen ja antaa hänen riemuiten katsella hänen kasvojaan; niin hän palauttaa ihmiselle hänen vanhurskautensa.
French	Il adresse � Dieu sa prière; et Dieu lui est propice, Lui laisse voir sa face avec joie, Et lui rend son innocence.
German	Er wird Gott bitten; der wird ihm Gnade erzeigen und wird ihn sein Antlitz sehen lassen mit Freuden und wird dem Menschen nach seiner Gerechtigkeit vergelten.
Haitian Creole	Li lapriyè Bondye, Bondye reponn li. li al adore Bondye ak kè kontan. Bondye padonnen l' devan tout moun.
Hungarian	Imádkozik Istenhez és õ kegyelmébe veszi, hogy az õ színét nézhesse nagy örömmel, és az embernek visszaadja az õ igazságát.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Bila ia berdoa, Allah akan mengasihaninya, maka ia akan memuji Allah dengan gembira dan Allah akan memulihkan keadaannya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Bahwa ia meminta doa dengan rajin kepada Allah, yang kelak berkenan akan dia; bahwa ia menghadap hadiratnya dengan sukacita hatinya, karena dikembalikannya kebenarannya kepada manusia.
Italian	supplicher� Dio e questi gli user� benevolenza, gli mostrer� il suo volto in giubilo, e render� all'uomo la sua giustizia.
Maori	Ka inoi ia ki te Atua, a ka manako tera ki a ia; heoi ka kite ia i tona mata i runga i te koa: a ka utua e ia te tika o te tangata.
Norwegian	Han beder til Gud, og han er ham nådig; han ser Guds åsyn med jubel, og han gir mennesket dets rettferdighet tilbake.
Portuguese	Deveras orará a Deus, que lhe será propício, e o fará ver a sua face com júbilo, e restituirá ao homem a sua justiça.
Rumanian	Se roagq lui Dumnezeu, wi Dumnezeu ki este binevoitor, kl lasq sq -I vadq Faya cu bucurie, wi -i dq knapoi nevinovqyia.
Spanish	Oraría a Dios, y le sería favorable. Vería su rostro con gritos de júbilo, y Dios restituiría al hombre su justicia.
Swedish	När hon då beder till Gud, är han henne nådig och låter henne se sitt ansikte med jubel; han giver så den mannen hans rättfärdighet åter.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-f-l-o-r-u-v"
	-1 letter: favorable.
	-3 letters: aureola, fabular, flavour, rubeola.
	-4 letters: aboral, arable, areola, befoul, boreal, earful, fabler, favela, favour, ferula, flavor, florae, fouler, foveal, labour, larvae, laurae, lavabo, loafer, louver, louvre, ovular, rouble, valour, valuer, velour, verbal.
	-5 letters: abler, above, afore, afoul, areal, arval, aurae, aural, baler, bevor, blare, blear, bluer, bolar, boral, boule, brava, brave, bravo.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-f-l-o-r-u-v"
	+1 letter: unfavorable.
	+5 letters: unfavorableness.
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