What does favored mean?
Definitions for favored
ˈfeɪ vərdfa·vored
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word favored.
Princeton's WordNet
favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferentadjective
preferred above all others and treated with partiality
"the favored child"
ChatGPT
favored
Favored generally refers to being preferred, recommended, supported, or treated with special attention or approval. It signifies being given advantages, special privileges or benefits, or being looked upon or regarded with favor or partiality. It can be used in various contexts such as in sports, politics, or social scenarios.
Webster Dictionary
Favored
of Favor
Favoredadjective
countenanced; aided; regarded with kidness; as, a favored friend
Favoredadjective
having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well-favored; hard-favored, etc
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of favored in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of favored in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of favored in a Sentence
The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of individuals into a political system, and their grading into castes or classes. It seems to have favored the exploitation of human beings rather than their enlightenment.
Statistically speaking, the northern Gulf Coast states and more broadly the Southeast is where we would expect to see tornadoes during the late winter and early spring. And this year was certainly no exception, however, as we enter mid-to-late Spring the climatologically favored areas for tornadoes begins to rapidly shift toward the central United States.
I have some real doubts about He has been a judge who has favored the wealthy interests over the middle class, judge Gorsuch has repeatedly sided with corporations over working people, demonstrated a hostility toward women’s rights, and most troubling, hewed to an ideological approach to jurisprudence that makes me skeptical that he can be a strong, independent Justice on the Court.
One glance at the way our maps look you'll see that the way they're done and the types of splits you have between counties, between townships, between school districts, between populations of communities of color – it's done in a way that's gerrymandered and it has favored a Republican majority, when we see a reset opportunity it is simply for a fairer map. It's not some sort of grab … we just want fairer lines.
Right from the beginning, public perception favored lab escape, that perception was very much shaped by a letter that appeared in The Lancet and derided lab escape as a conspiracy theory and said that lab escape was the way this virus had emerged and we should stand shoulder to shoulder with our Chinese colleagues on the forefront of fighting the disease.
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- foretrakDanish
- favoritoItalian
- 好意Japanese
- favorecidoPortuguese
- 青睐Chinese
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