EXPEDIENT
\ɛkspˈiːdi͡ənt], \ɛkspˈiːdiənt], \ɛ_k_s_p_ˈiː_d_iə_n_t]\
Definitions of EXPEDIENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Quick; expeditious.
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That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
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Means devised in an exigency; shift.
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Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; - sometimes contradistinguished from right.
By Oddity Software
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Quick; expeditious.
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That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
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Means devised in an exigency; shift.
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Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; - sometimes contradistinguished from right.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Suitable: advisable.
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That which serves to promote: means suitable to an end: contrivance.
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EXPEDIENTLY.
By Daniel Lyons
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EXPEDIENTLY.
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Suitable under the circumstances; advantageous; advisable.
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That which promotes an end; resource.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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