Look up: expedient

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   expedient
   likely to be useful for a purpose 
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   expedient
   [adj] - appropriate to a purpose 2. [adj] - serving to promote your interest 3. [n] - a means to an end
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   Expedient
   Ex·pe'di·ent adjective [ Latin expediens , -entis , present participle of expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: confer French expédient . See Expedite .] 1. 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 ...
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   Expedient
   Ex·pe'di·ent noun 1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. « What sure expedient than shall Juno find, To calm her fears and ease her boding mind?» Philips. 2. Means devised in an exigency; shift. Syn. -- Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.
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   expedient
   adjective appropriate to a purpose; practical; `in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty`
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   expedient
   adjective serving to promote your interest; `was merciful only when mercy was expedient`
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   expedient
   noun a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
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   Expedient
   • (n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. • (a.) 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. • (n.) Means devi...
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   expedient
   expedient 1. Something that is a means or method of accomplishing an objective. 2. Something contrived or used to meet an urgent need. 3. Tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances: 'It is expedient that we go home now because the storm could get worse.' 4. A means to an end: 'We us...
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