different between expediency vs expedite

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.?spi?.d?.?n.si/

Noun

expediency (countable and uncountable, plural expediencies)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
   • 1810, Thomas Cogan, An Ethical Treatise on the Passions and Affections of the Mind, p. 137:

     Imperfet governments […] may palliate crimes upon the plea of necessity or expediency; divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice; […]

   • 1828, Richard Whately, Elements of Rhetoric, part II, p. 214:

     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.

2. (uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
3. (obsolete) Haste; dispatch.
4. (countable) An expedient.

Synonyms

• (suitability for a circumstance): expedience
• (haste, dispatch): expedience

Related terms

• expede
• expedience
• expedient
• expedite
• expedition

Translations

References

• OED2
• Webster, Noah (1828) , “expediency”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• expediency in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• expediency at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “expediency”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

From Latin exped?tus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expedi? (“bring forward, set right”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k.sp??da?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??k.sp??da?t/

Verb

expedite (third-person singular simple present expedites, present participle expediting, simple past and past participle expedited)

1. (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
2. (transitive) To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.

Antonyms

• impede
• slow down

Related terms

• expede (obsolete)
• expedience
• expediency
• expedient
• expedition
• expediter
• expeditious
• expeditiously

Translations

Adjective

expedite (comparative more expedite, superlative most expedite)

1. Free of impediment; unimpeded.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     to make the way plain and expedite

2. Expeditious; quick; prompt.
   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons

     nimble and expedite […] in its operation

   • speech in general […] is a very short and expedite way of conveying their thoughts one to another

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “expedite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Latin

Etymology

From exped?tus (“unimpeded, unfettered”), perfect passive participle of expedi? (“liberate, free”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.spe?di?.te?/, [?ks?p??d?i?t?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.spe?di.te/, [?ksp??d?i?t??]

Adverb

exped?t? (comparative exped?tius, superlative exped?tissim?)

1. freely, without impediment.
2. readily, promptly, quickly

Related terms

• expedi?
• exped?tus

References

• expedite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• expedite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• expedite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Verb

expedite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of expeditar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of expeditar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of expeditar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of expeditar.