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expediency | x |

As a noun expediency

is (uncountable) the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

expediency

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
  • * Cogan
    • Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice.
  • * Whately
    • Much declamation may be heard in the present day against expediency , as if it were not the proper object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled.
  • (uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
  • (obsolete) Haste; dispatch.
  • (countable) An expedient.

    • Synonyms

    * (suitability for a circumstance) expedience * expedience

    Related terms

    * expede * expedience * expedient * expedite * expedition

    References

    * OED2 * * *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----