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# favorable

adjective (favorable, more favorable) (American spelling; British spelling is «favourable»)

«favorable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Favorable means good or helpful for you: favorable weather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorable/#m1)
2. Favorable means showing approval: a favorable opinion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorable/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a good moment, wind or fortune that helps the hero

### Examples

- The wind was favorable, so the ship sailed fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorable/#x1)
- She chose a favorable moment to ask. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorable/#x2)
- Perhaps fortune will be more favorable to me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorable/#x3)
- The judge gave a favorable report. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorable/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «favorable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«favorable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/favorable.html) on Mova free.