Expedience

Expedience
(Roget's Thesaurus)
-->Specific subservience.
<- N
PARAG:Expedience->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ expedience
expedience
expediency
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ desirableness
desirableness
desirability
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ fitness
fitness
&c.(agreement) 23
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ utility
utility
&c. 644
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ propriety
propriety
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ opportunism
opportunism
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ advantage
advantage
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ high time
high time
&c.(occasion) 134
PARAG:Expedience->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ be expedient
be expedient
&c.???adj.
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ suit
suit
&c.(agree) 23
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ befit
befit
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ suit the time
suit the time
befit the time
suit the season
befit the season
suit the occasion
befit the occasion
GRP: \\ V \\ 2
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ conform
conform
&c. 82
PARAG:Expedience->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ expedient
expedient
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ desirable
desirable
advisable
acceptable
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ convenient
convenient
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ worth while
worth while
meet
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ fit
fit
fitting
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ due
due
proper
eligible
seemly
becoming
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ befitting
befitting
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ opportune
opportune
&c.(in season) 134
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ in loco
in loco
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ suitable
suitable
&c.(accordant) 23
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ applicable
applicable
&c.(useful) 644
PARAG:Expedience->Adv
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ in the right place
in the right place
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ conveniently
conveniently
&c.->Adj.

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