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expedients

expedients is the plural of expedient.

Meaning of expedient

Noun

expedient (plural expedients)

  1. A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
    • To secure such a market, there is no other expedient, than to promote manufacturing establishments.1791 December 5, Alexander Hamilton, “Alexander Hamilton’s Final Version of the Report on the Subject of Manufactures”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, volume 10, New...

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Questions about expedients

What is expedients the plural of?
Expedients is the plural of expedient.

Words near expedients in the dictionary

  1. expediential
  2. expedientially
  3. expedientist
  4. expedientists
  5. expediently
  6. expedients
  7. expediment
  8. expediments
  9. expeding
  10. expeditate
  11. expeditated

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