expediency — / expedience [n1] appropriateness; worth advantage, advantageousness, advisability, appositeness, aptness, benefit, convenience, desirability, effectiveness, efficiency, fitness, helpfulness, judiciousness, meetness, opportunism, opportunity,… … New thesaurus
expediency — index artifice, benefit (betterment), boom (prosperity), expedience, feasibility, pragmatism, pro … Law dictionary
expediency — [ek spē′dē ən sē, ikspē′dē ən sē] n. pl. expediencies 1. the quality or state of being expedient; suitability for a given purpose; appropriateness to the conditions 2. the doing or consideration of what is of selfish use or advantage rather than… … English World dictionary
Expediency — Expedience Ex*pe di*ence, Expediency Ex*pe di*en*cy,, n. 1. The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; sometimes… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
expediency — [[t]ɪkspi͟ːdiənsi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Expediency means doing what is convenient rather than what is morally right. [FORMAL] It seems political expediency, rather than absolute economic need, will determine who gains from the conflict... This was a… … English dictionary
expediency — UK [ɪkˈspiːdɪənsɪ] / US [ɪkˈspɪdɪənsɪ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms expediency : singular expediency plural expediencies formal the use of methods that produce an immediate result or solution to a problem, but may not be fair or honest … English dictionary
expediency — noun (plural cies) Date: 1597 1. the quality or state of being suited to the end in view ; suitability, fitness 2. obsolete a. haste, dispatch b. an enterprise requiring haste or caution 3. adherence to expedient means and methods … New Collegiate Dictionary
expediency — ex|pe|di|en|cy [ıkˈspi:diənsi] n also ex|pe|di|ence [ diəns]plural expediencies [U and C] action that is quickest or most effective in a particular situation, even if it is morally wrong ▪ These are not politics of honest principle; they are… … Dictionary of contemporary English
expediency — also ex.pe.di.ence noun (C, U) what it is useful or necessary to do in a particular situation, even if it is morally wrong: Not burying the dead soldiers was unfortunately a matter of expediency … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
expediency — tikslingumas statusas T sritis švietimas apibrėžtis Reiškinio, proceso ar daikto atitikimas būsenos, kurios materialus ar idealus žmogaus mąstymo sukurtas modelis suprantamas kaip tikslas. Pedagogikos mokslinių tyrimų tikslingumas yra principas,… … Enciklopedinis edukologijos žodynas
