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ex·pe·di·en·cy
 expediency
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- pronunciation:
- ihk
spi
di
 n
si
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
expediencies |
| definition 1: |
suitability, or the thing or action suitable, to the specific purpose or circumstances.
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| definition 2: |
advantageousness to one's own interests, as opposed to moral rightness or justice.
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| related words: |
advantage, policy |
adjective + (n.)expediency
administrative, economic, ennobling, legal, mere, middle, military, moral, mutual, political, powerful, racial, sheer, simple, sound, virtuous
verb + (n.)expediency
abandon, approve, base, born, cite, confer, conform, illustrate, inquire, lament, mark, outweigh, range, replace, result, sacrifice, select, strike, trade
noun + (n.)expediency
altar,
ambition,
argument,
chair,
clarity,
compromise,
consideration,
convenience,
correctness,
creation,
economics,
efficiency,
gain,
integrity,
matter,
name,
necessity,
need,
opportunism,
passion,
policy,
politics,
practicality,
pragmatism,
principle,
purpose,
reason,
rule,
sake,
secretary,
survival,
user
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| derivation: |
expedience (n.) |
The word expediency
contains the following parts:
ped1, pedi, -pede
Latin
root
that means foot, feet
  Example words:
biped, centipede, cypripedium, expediency, expedient, expedite, expedition, expeditionary, expeditious, impedance, impede, impediment, impedimenta, inexpedient, millepede, millipede, moped, pedal, pedestal, pedestrian, pedicab, pedicel, pedicure, pedigree, pediment, pedipalp, pedometer, peduncle, pedunculate, pinniped, quadruped, sesquipedalian, velocipede
- synonyms:
- pod, pode
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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