Meaning & use
Favourable
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Advantageous, encouraging, or expressing approval.
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The critics gave the film a favourable review.
Weather conditions were favourable for the outdoor concert.
A note on using this word
"Favourable" is the standard British and Commonwealth spelling; American English uses "favorable" without the "u."
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Words with an opposite meaning
unfavourableadverse
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