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# expedient

«expedient» in Mova's school dictionary: **Useful and suitable for getting a result quickly, even if…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural expedients); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Useful and suitable for getting a result quickly, even if it is not the best or fairest way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expedient/#m1)

2) (noun) A quick, clever way of solving a problem, often a makeshift trick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expedient/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons, a trick a hero uses to get out of trouble; the tale says it worked, though it may not be the honest way

### examples

- Using the rope was an expedient way to climb down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expedient/#x1)
- Her expedient got her out of the trap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expedient/#x2)
- He found a clever expedient to win the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expedient/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «expedient» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expedient/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.