Definizione monolingua

expedient

expedient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of expedi?

expedient (plural expedients)

1. A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 709:

     Depressingly, [...] the expedient of importing African slaves was in part meant to protect the native American population from exploitation.

expedient (comparative more expedient, superlative most expedient)

1. Simple, easy, or quick; convenient.

   Most people, faced with a decision, will choose the most expedient option.

2. Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.

Definizione dizionario expedient

	espediente
	a shortcut

	opportuno
	simple, easy, or quick; convenient

	confortevole
	Providing comfort.

adatto

capace

conveniente

decente

idoneo

ripiego

saggio

sensato

sotterfugio

utile

Altri significati:

Simple, easy, or quick; convenient.

An easy or simple method; a shortcut.