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expediences

expediences is the plural of expedience.

Meaning of expedience

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.
    • April 11 1690, John Sharp, sermon preached at White-Hall
      to determine concerning the expedience of actions
    Synonyms:
    expediency
  2. Speed, haste or urgency.
    • making hither with all due expedience1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
    Synonyms:
    expediency
  3. Something that is expedient.
  4. (obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
    • forwarding this dear expediencec. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about expediences

What is expediences the plural of?
Expediences is the plural of expedience.

Words near expediences in the dictionary

  1. expediate
  2. expediated
  3. expediates
  4. expediating
  5. expedience
  6. expediences
  7. expediencies
  8. expediency
  9. expedient
  10. expediential
  11. expedientially

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