expedient
11expedient — I noun agency, alternative, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, artifice, auxiliary, campaign, consilium, contributing force, contrivance, convenience, course, design, device, equipment, formula, implement, instrument, invention, machina,… …
12expedient — ► ADJECTIVE 1) advantageous. 2) advisable on practical rather than moral grounds. ► NOUN ▪ a means of attaining an end. DERIVATIVES expedience noun expediency noun expediently adverb …
13expédient — 1. expédient, iente [ ɛkspedjɑ̃, jɑ̃t ] adj. • XIVe ; lat. expediens, p. prés. de expedire « apprêter, arranger » ♦ Littér. Qui convient pour la circonstance. ⇒ 1. commode, convenable, opportun, utile. Vous ferez ce que vous jugerez expédient. «… …
14EXPÉDIENT — s. m. Moyen de résoudre quelque difficulté, de surmonter un obstacle, de réussir dans quelque affaire. Trouvez moi quelque expédient. C est un homme d expédient. Il est fertile en expédients. Proposer des expédients. Donner des expédients.… …
15Expedient — Ein Expedient ist in der Regel ein kaufmännischer Angestellter, der für den Versand von Waren und Gütern verantwortlich ist. Die Bezeichnung Expedient gilt aber auch für alle anderen Mitarbeiter einer Vertriebsabteilung. Oft sind diese… …
16expedient — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French, from Latin expedient , expendiens, present participle of expedire to extricate, prepare, be useful, from ex + ped , pes foot more at foot Date: 14th century 1.… …
17expedient — ex|pe|di|ent1 [ıkˈspi:diənt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin, present participle of expedire; EXPEDITE] helping you to deal with a problem quickly and effectively although sometimes in a way that is not morally right ≠ inexpedient ▪ …
18expedient — [[t]ɪkspi͟ːdiənt[/t]] expedients 1) N COUNT: usu sing, oft N of ing An expedient is an action that achieves a particular purpose, but may not be morally right. Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all… …
19expedient — adj. expedient to + inf. (sometimes it is expedient to make concessions) * * * [ɪk spiːdɪənt] expedient to + inf. (sometimes it is expedient to make concessions) …
20expedient — 1 noun (C) a clever and effective way of dealing with a problem, even though it may be morally wrong: by the expedient of: Moore escaped by the simple expedient of lying down in a clump of grass. 2 adjective helping you to deal with a problem… …
