Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - favourable

Note: in AM, use 'favorable' 1. If your opinion or your reaction is favourable to something, you agree with it and approve of it. His recently completed chapel for Fitzwilliam is attracting favourable comment... The commission is cautiously favourable to Austrian membership, foreseeing few economic problems. ADJ: ADJ n, v-link ADJ to n 2. If something makes a favourable impression on you or is favourable to you, you like it and approve of it. His ability to talk tough while eating fast made a favourable impression on his dining companions... These terms were favourable to India. = positive, good ADJ: oft ADJ to n 3. Favourable conditions make something more likely to succeed or seem more attractive. It’s believed the conditions in which the elections are being held are too favourable to the government. ...favourable weather conditions. ADJ: oft ADJ to n/-ing 4. If you make a favourable comparison between two things, you say that the first is better than or as good as the second. The film bears favourable technical comparison with Hollywood productions costing 10 times as much. ADJ: usu ADJ n