What does favor mean?

Definitions for favor
ˈfeɪ vərfa·vor

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word favor.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. favor, favournoun

    an act of gracious kindness

  2. favor, favournoun

    an advantage to the benefit of someone or something

    "the outcome was in his favor"

  3. favor, favournoun

    an inclination to approve

    "that style is in favor this season"

  4. favor, favournoun

    a feeling of favorable regard

  5. party favor, party favour, favor, favourverb

    souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

  6. prefer, favor, favourverb

    promote over another

    "he favors his second daughter"

  7. favor, favourverb

    consider as the favorite

    "The local team was favored"

  8. favor, favourverb

    treat gently or carefully

  9. privilege, favor, favourverb

    bestow a privilege upon

Wiktionary

  1. favornoun

    A deed in which help is voluntarily provided.

    He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.

  2. favornoun

    Goodwill; benevolent regard.

    She enjoyed the queen's favor.

  3. favornoun

    A small gift; a party favor.

    At the holiday dinner, the hosts had set a favor by each place setting.

  4. favorverb

    To look upon fondly; to prefer.

  5. favorverb

    To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.

    Would you favor us with a poetry reading?

  6. favorverb

    To treat with care.

    Favoring your sore leg will only injure the other one.

  7. favorverb

    To have a similar appearance, to look like another person.

    You favor your grandmother more than your mother.

  8. Etymology: From favor.

Wikipedia

  1. Favor

    Favor is a song by American recording artist Lonny Bereal, featuring guest vocals from American singer Kelly Rowland. Originally recorded by Chris Brown, Lonny Bereal, Teyana Taylor. It was released by Notifi Music Group as the lead single from his upcoming debut album The Love Train on May 17, 2011, and has since debuted at number 85 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

ChatGPT

  1. favor

    Favor is a general term that typically refers to an act of kindness or assistance that is voluntarily performed for the benefit of another person. It could also involve showing preferential treatment or approval towards someone. Additionally, in a religious context, favor can refer to divine support or blessings.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Favornoun

    kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will

  2. Favornoun

    the act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending

  3. Favornoun

    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. Favornoun

    mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity

  5. Favornoun

    the object of regard; person or thing favored

  6. Favornoun

    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. Favornoun

    appearance; look; countenance; face

  8. Favornoun

    partiality; bias

  9. Favornoun

    a letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received

  10. Favornoun

    love locks

  11. Favornoun

    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. Favornoun

    to afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy

  13. Favornoun

    to resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father

  14. Etymology: [Written also favour.]

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  1. Favor

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FAVOR

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Favor is ranked #21895 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Favor surname appeared 1,186 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Favor.

    52.1% or 618 total occurrences were White.
    32.3% or 384 total occurrences were Black.
    7.5% or 90 total occurrences were Asian.
    4.3% or 51 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.7% or 32 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of favor in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of favor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of favor in a Sentence

  1. H. L. Mencken:

    It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

  2. Clark Ballew:

    We felt like paid sick time off was an important omissionand not an especially rapacious ask, because of the 60 vote threshold in the Senate, we also know who likely cast a token vote in our favor yesterday because they knew they were insolated from its passage. There was buffer room there for certain politicians who have never supportedour cause before to get a ‘freebie’ there, but railroaders are not dumb. We see that kind of deception everyday from our bosses on the railroad; we don't fall for that.

  3. President Trump from office:

    I would like you to do us a favor though.

  4. Frederick Douglas:

    The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. . . .If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.

  5. United States:

    For Asian immigrants, the racial argument at the time was that' It didn't matter whether one were born in the United States or not, Asians as a race, are unassimilable. They are diametrically opposite from us Americans,' that was the argument that was used to intern Japanese citizens. It was the denial of citizenship in favor of race :' The ability to become American, the ability to assimilate, they just didn't have it.'.

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