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  Expedient \Ex*pe"di*ent\, n.
     1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to
        accomplish an end.
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              What sure expedient than shall Juno find,
              To calm her fears and ease her boding mind?
                                                    --Philips.
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     2. Means devised in an exigency; shift.
  
     Syn: Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.
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  Expedient \Ex*pe"di*ent\a. [L. expediens, -entis, p. pr. of
     expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F.
     exp['e]dient. 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 contradistinguished from
        right or principled.
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              It is expedient for you that I go away. --John xvi.
                                                    7.
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              Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since
              that can never be true expediency which would
              sacrifice a greater good to a less.   --Whately.
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     2. Quick; expeditious. [Obs.]
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              His marches are expedient to this town. --Shak.
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  Expedient \Ex*pe"di*ent\, n.
     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.

  Expedient \Ex*pe"di*ent\a. [L. expediens, -entis, p. pr. of
     expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F.
     exp['e]dient. 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 contradistinguished from right.
  
              It is expedient for you that I go away. --John xvi.
                                                    7.
  
              Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since
              that can never be true expediency which would
              sacrifice a greater good to a less.   --Whately.
  
     2. Quick; expeditious. [Obs.]
  
              His marches are expedient to this town. --Shak.

  expedient
       adj 1: serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when
              mercy was expedient" [ant: inexpedient]
       2: appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances
          it was expedient to express loyalty"
       n : a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical
           one

  expedient
     Αγγλικά a.
     1
  συμφεροντολογικός[https://web.archive.org/web/20181222222301/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/expediency
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     2 πρόσφορος (απλός και εύκολος και βολικός)
     3 αποτελεσματικός, λυσιτελής
     Αγγλικά n.
     μία βολική, πρόσφορη, αποτελεσματική λύση

  expedient
     Catalan a.
     (l en expedient), convenient
     Catalan n.
     file, record, dossier
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la expediō  3 p futr actv indc)

  expedient
     a.
     1 suitable to effect#Verb some desired#Adjective end#Noun or the
  purpose#Noun intended.
     2 afford short-term benefit#Noun, often at the expense#Noun of the
  long-term.
     3 govern by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
     4 (lb en obsolete) expeditious, quick#Adjective, rapid.
     n.
     A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when
  direct or efficient; a resource.

  expedient
     Catalan a.
     (l en expedient), convenient
     Catalan n.
     file, record, dossier
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la expediō  3 p futr actv indc)

  expedient
     Catalan a.
     (l en expedient), convenient
     Catalan n.
     file, record, dossier
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la expediō  3 p futr actv indc)

  expedient
     Englanti n.
     1 tarkoituksenmukainen
     2 hyödyllinen, kätevä (sellainen joka saa jotakin aikaan tehokkaasti
  muttei välttämättä moraalisesti tai muuten kestävästi)

  expedient
     n.
     person som expedierar, expeditionsföreståndare, expeditör

  expedient
     n.
     person som expedierar, expeditionsföreståndare, expeditör

  Expedient /ˌɛkspeːdɪˈɛnt/ 
   [adm.]  [transp.] dispatcher 
     Synonym: Vertriebsdisponent
  
   see: Vertriebsdisponenten, Expedienten, Versanddisponent
  

  Expedient /ˌɛkspeˈdi̯ɛnt/ 
  1. expeditör
  Abfertigungsangestellter in der Versandabteilung einer Firma
  2. resesäljare
  Angestellter in einem Reisebüro

  Expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/
  الوسيلة

  expedient //ɪkˈspiːdi.ənt// 
  1. удобен, целесъобразен
  simple, easy, or quick; convenient
  2. целесъобразен
  suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended

  expedient //ɪkˈspiːdi.ənt// 
  начин, способ, средство
  a means for achieving an end

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/ 
  účelný

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/ 
  vhodný

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/ 
  prospěšný

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/ 
  prostředek

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/
  Mittel 

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/
  zweckmäßig, angebracht, opportun [geh.] , zweckvoll [selten] , tunlich  [veraltet]
        "When would it be expedient to undertake the project?"  - Wann wäre es opportun, das Vorhaben durchzuführen?
   see: more expedient, most expedient
  

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/ 
  zweckdienlich 

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/
  Maßnahme , Hilfsmittel , Behelf 

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/
  
  σκόπιμος

  expedient //ɪkˈspiːdi.ənt// 
  1. kätevä, otollinen, vaivaton
  affording short-term benefit
  2. hyödyllinen, tarkoituksenmukainen
  governed by self-interest
  3. otollinen, tarkoituksenmukainen
  simple, easy, or quick; convenient
  4. tarkoituksenmukainen
  suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended

  expedient //ɪkˈspiːdi.ənt// 
  keino
  a means for achieving an end

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/ 
  1. योग्य
        "His action is seen as expedient rather than principled."

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/ 
  1. उपाय
        "In some circumstances it is expedient to express loyalty"

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/
  smicalica

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/
  1. kisegítô eszköz
  2. kiút
  3. megoldás
  4. ajánlatos
  5. célszerû
  6. fortély
  7. hasznos
  8. alkalmas

  expedient //ɪkˈspiːdi.ənt// 
  bekvemmelig
  simple, easy, or quick; convenient

  expedient /ɪkˈspedɪənt/
  I.    środek
  II.    stosowny, dogodny

  expedient //ɪkˈspiːdi.ənt// 
  ändamålsenlig 2.
  simple, easy, or quick; convenient
   3.
  suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended

  expedient /ɛkspˈiːdiənt/
  1. doğru yolu aramadan istenilen sonucu elde etmek için en kolay yolu teşkil eden
  2. uygun, münasip, muvafık, kestirme
  3. yol, çare, tedbir. expediency  yarar veya amaca erişmek için başvurulan çare
  4. politika, bir işi doğru veya haklı olup olmadığına bakmadan yürütme. expediently  münasip şekilde, uygun olarak.

  
/ɪkˈspidiənt/

  199 Moby Thesaurus words for "expedient":
     action, ad hoc measure, advantageous, advisable, agency, answer,
     applicable, appropriate, apropos, art, artful dodge, artifice,
     auspicious, banausic, becoming, befitting,
     behind-the-scenes influence, beneficial, benevolent, blind, bon,
     bonny, braw, bueno, capital, chicanery, cogent, commendable,
     commodious, congruous, conspiracy, contrivance, convenient,
     correct, countermove, coup, course of action, craft, cute trick,
     deceit, decent, demarche, dernier ressort, design, desirable,
     device, devices, dodge, effective, effort, elegant, employable,
     estimable, excellent, expediency, expedients, fair, fakement,
     famous, favorable, feasible, feint, felicitous, fetch, fine, fit,
     fitten, fitting, fortunate, fructuous, functional, gambit, game,
     gimmick, going between, good, good for, goodly, grand, grift,
     happy, healthy, helpful, hope, improvisation, influence,
     instrument, instrumentality, intermediation, intrigue, judicious,
     jugglery, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, kind, knavery,
     last expedient, last resort, last shift, laudable, likely,
     little game, lucky, machination, machinery, makeshift, maneuver,
     maneuvering, maneuvers, manipulation, means, measure, mechanism,
     mediation, medium, meet, move, nice, noble, of general utility,
     of help, of service, of use, opportune, pertinent, pis aller,
     pleasant, plot, ploy, politic, political influence, possible,
     practicable, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, profitable, proper,
     propitious, providential, prudent, racket, recommendable,
     recommended, recourse, red herring, refuge, regal, resort,
     resource, right, ripe, royal, ruse, scheme, seasonable, seemly,
     service, serviceable, shake-up, shift, skillful, sleight, solution,
     sortable, sound, splendid, step, stopgap, stratagem, strategy,
     stroke, stroke of policy, substitute, subterfuge, suitable, tactic,
     tactical, tactical maneuvers, tactics, temporary expedient, timely,
     to be desired, trick, trickery, trump, useful, utilitarian, valid,
     very good, virtuous, well-timed, wile, wily device, wire-pulling,
     wise, working hypothesis, working proposition, worthwhile
  
  

  n. 权宜之计,临时手段;
  a. 权宜的,方便的,有用的;

     n. 权宜之计,临时手段
     a. 权宜的,方便的,有用的