Meaning of Expedient | Babel Free
ɪkˈspiːdi.əntDefinitions
A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
məqsədəuyğun
Bosanski
начин
Deutsch
angebracht
angemessen
angenehm
Ausflucht
Ausweg
Behelf
bequem
brauchbar
eigennützig
geeignet
günstig
hilfreich
Hilfsmittel
Mittel (zum Zweck)
naheliegend
Notbehelf
Nothilfe
Notlösung
nützlich
opportun
passend
praktisch
ratsam
schicklich
tunlich
Tunlichkeit
vorteilhaft
zielführend
zweckdienlich
zweckmäßig
Ελληνικά
λυσιτελής
Gaeilge
oiriúnach
हिन्दी
युक्ति
Hrvatski
начин
日本語
方便
한국어
방편
Português
expediente
Română
expeditiv
Српски
начин
Svenska
ändamålsenlig
Tiếng Việt
chước
Examples
“To secure such a market, there is no other expedient, than to promote manufacturing establishments.”
“He would never let her know that he was aware of the strange expedient to which she had been driven by her great distress.”
“Depressingly, [...] the expedient of importing African slaves was in part meant to protect the native American population from exploitation.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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