"expedience" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛk.spiː.dɪ.əns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-expedience.wav [Southern-England] Forms: expediences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English expedience, from Old French expedience, from Late Latin expedientia, from Latin expediens. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ped-}}, {{inh|en|enm|expedience}} Middle English expedience, {{der|en|fro|expedience}} Old French expedience, {{der|en|LL.|expedientia}} Late Latin expedientia, {{der|en|la|expediens}} Latin expediens Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} expedience (countable and uncountable, plural expediences)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (fitness or suitableness): expediency
    Sense id: en-expedience-en-noun-vuMPyQz9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 51 2 4 Disambiguation of 'fitness or suitableness': 82 5 6 6
  2. Speed, haste or urgency. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (speed, haste or urgency): expediency Translations (speed, haste or urgency): haast [common-gender] (Dutch), spoed [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-expedience-en-noun-EZWiwZzq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 51 2 4 Disambiguation of 'speed, haste or urgency': 3 95 0 1 Disambiguation of 'speed, haste or urgency': 3 95 0 1
  3. Something that is expedient. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-expedience-en-noun-ddevXw1g
  4. (obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-expedience-en-noun-86IB6C4I

Inflected forms

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