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favour or (esp US) favor /fāˈvər/ noun- Approval
- Esteem
- Goodwill
- A kind deed
- An act of grace or clemency
- Indulgence
- Partiality
- Advantage
- (usu in pl) sexual intimacy regarded as a pleasure granted by one person to another, esp by a woman to a man (literary or facetious)
- A knot of ribbons worn, eg at an election, to show one's allegiance
- A thing given or worn as a token of favour or love
- Appearance, face (archaic)
- A letter or written communication (commercial jargon)
- An attraction or grace (Shakespeare)
- An object of favour (Milton)
transitive verb- To regard with goodwill
- To be on the side of
- To show partiality to
- To treat indulgently
- To give support to
- To afford advantage to
- To resemble (informal)
- To treat with care or gentleness, usu an injured limb, etc
- To choose to wear, etc
ORIGIN: OFr, from L favor, from favēre to favour or befriend fāˈvourable or (esp US) favorable adjective - Friendly
- Propitious
- Conducive (with to)
- Advantageous
- Satisfactory, promising
- (of a wind) following
fāˈvourableness or (esp US) favorableness noun fāˈvourably or (esp US) favorably adverb fāˈvoured or (esp US) favored adjective - Enjoying favour or preference
- (of an area, etc) well-liked, convenient
- Wearing favours
- Having a certain appearance, featured, as in ill-favoured, well-favoured
fāˈvouredness or (esp US) favoredness noun fāˈvourer or (esp US) favorer noun fāˈvourite or (esp US) favorite /-it/ noun - A person or thing regarded with special preference
- A person unduly loved and indulged, esp by a king
- A person, horse, etc expected to win
- A website that has been bookmarked (qv) on one’s computer
- A kind of curl of the hair, affected by ladies of the 18c
adjective Esteemed, preferred, best loved fāˈvouritism or (esp US) favoritism noun - Inclination to partiality
- Preference shown to favourites
- The state of being a favourite
fāˈvourless or (esp US) favorless adjective - Without favour
- Not favouring (Spenser)
favoured supplier noun A business which has satisfied certain conditions, such as quality and special terms, and is deemed acceptable to a purchaser such as a government department curry favour see curry2and favel favours to come Favours still expected in favour Approved of in favour of - For
- On the side of
- For the advantage or benefit of
out of favour Not approved of |