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Definition of 'favor'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) favor
something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for payment; a kind act.

2.  favor
friendly or well-disposed regard; goodwill:
to win someone's favor.

3.  favor
popularity:
an athlete who enjoys great favor among the fans.

4.  favor
preferential treatment; partiality.

5.  favor
a gift bestowed as a token of regard, love, etc., as formerly upon a knight by his lady.

6.  favor
a ribbon, badge, etc., worn in evidence of goodwill or loyalty.

7.  favor
a small gift or decorative item, as a noisemaker or paper hat, often distributed to guests at a party.

8.  favor
Usu., favors. sexual intimacy, esp. as permitted by a woman.

9.  favor
Archaic. a letter, esp. a commercial one.

10. (v.t.) favor
to regard with favor; approve; sanction.

11.  favor
to prefer; treat with partiality.

12.  favor
to show favor to; oblige; encourage:
Will you favor us with a reply?

13.  favor
to be favorable to; facilitate:
The wind favored their journey.

14.  favor
to treat or use gently:
to favor a sore wrist.

15.  favor
to aid or support:
They favored the party's cause with ample funds.

16.  favor
to bear a physical resemblance to:
to favor one's mother's family.

17.  favor
on the side of; in support of.

18.  favor
to the advantage of.

19.  favor
(of a check, draft, etc.) payable to.

Definition of 'favor'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) favor, favour
an act of gracious kindness

2. (noun) favor, favour
an advantage to the benefit of someone or something
"the outcome was in his favor"

3. (noun) favor, favour
an inclination to approve
"that style is in favor this season"

4. (noun) favor, favour
a feeling of favorable regard

5. (verb) party favor, party favour, favor, favour
souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

6. (verb) prefer, favor, favour
promote over another
"he favors his second daughter"

7. (verb) favor, favour
consider as the favorite
"The local team was favored"

8. (verb) favor, favour
treat gently or carefully

9. (verb) privilege, favor, favour
bestow a privilege upon

Definition of 'favor'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) favor
sth you do to help sb
I'm helping as a favor to my friend.; Could you do me a favor and help me lift this?

2.  favor
do sb a favor
approval and support

3.  favor
in favor/out of favor
having/not having sb's approval
She's back in favor with the management now.

4.  favor
in sb's favor
benefiting sb
a bank error in our favor

5.  favor
in favor
≠against
Forty-three percent voted in favor of the changes.

6.  favor
choosing sth else instead
We decided against the red one, in favor of the blue.

7. (verb) favor
to be more likely to choose sth; = prefer
She favors the old-fashioned baby names.

8.  favor
to treat sb better than sb else
My parents always favored my brother.

Definition of 'favor'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) favor
kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will

2. (noun) favor
the act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending

3. (noun) favor
a kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration

4. (noun) favor
mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity

5. (noun) favor
the object of regard; person or thing favored

6. (noun) favor
a gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding

7. (noun) favor
appearance; look; countenance; face

8. (noun) favor
partiality; bias

9. (noun) favor
a letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received

10. (noun) favor
love locks

11. (noun) favor
to regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards

12. (noun) favor
to afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy

13. (noun) favor
to resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father

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