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favor English

Meaning favor meaning

What does favor mean?
Definitions in simple English

favor Noun

— Some help. Can you please do me a favor by washing the dishes?

favor Verb

— When you favor someone, you like them and prefer them over other people.

favor

— verb (= favour) promote over another he favors his second daughter — noun an act of gracious kindness — verb (= favour) consider as the favorite The local team was favored — noun (= favour) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something the outcome was in his favor — noun (= favour) an inclination to approve that style is in favor this season — verb treat gently or carefully — verb (= privilege) bestow a privilege upon — noun a feeling of favorable regard — noun (= party favor) souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

Synonyms favor synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as favor?

favor English » English

favour grace kindness prefer benefit approval service patronage like gift popularity luck love help blessing support preference courtesy advantage promote privilege good turn assist aid treat well show kindness shelter protect present party favour party favor partiality obligation merit liking kind honor goodwill good will friendship debt of gratitude charity befriend appreciation agree admiration will warm friendship vogue veneration

Topics favor topics

What do people use favor to talk about?
Social behavior Behavior

Love
Work and occupation Work Difficult, impossible

Advantage
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Like, love

Prefer
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Choose
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Like, love

Popular
Language and thought Think Opinion

Approve of something
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Forgive
Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations But

Instead

Conjugation favor conjugation

How do you conjugate favor?

favor · verb

Examples favor examples

How do I use favor in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You owe me a favor.
Are you in favor of or against that policy?
I am in favor of your proposal.
Take it easy. I can assure you that chances are in your favor.
May I ask a favor of you?
Would you do me a favor?
May I ask you to do me a favor?
I have a favor to ask of you.
Could I ask a favor of you?
We basked in his favor.
It is beneath my dignity to ask a favor.
Luck turned in my favor.
Fortune has turned in my favor.
The evidence was in his favor.
Excuse me, but could you do me a favor?

Movie subtitles

Hopefully he's done us all a favor and gone and pushed the button to get out of here.
I will definitely pay the favor back!
We.. We have a favor to ask the magistrate about.
A favor?!
What kind of favor?!
I'll definitely return this favor back.
I think you said you would definitely pay back for the favor.
What is the favor that you wanted to see me for?
It wasn't a favor but a summons for your appearance.
Yes? I have a favor to ask.
I have a favor to ask you.
I'll change my vote in your favor on the city branch, if you give me 1,000 gold Louis.
The law seems to be in favor of the Capulets.
Do yourself a favor, will you, Rico?
He went to the Polytechnique, so he must be in favor of progress.
My men are in favor of a holy war.
The emperor is in favor of that.
Since your paper deals with politics, I've a favor to ask.
Do me the favor, doc.
Strong enough for you to do me a big favor? - Anything at all.
I claim the favor.
Will you do me a favor and take them away from him?
Nails wants us to do him a favor.
Will you favor me with your company at supper?
Your Majesty, since I lost your favor, I have not slept.
I wonder if we could ask a favor of you, Mr. Miggs.
Will you do me a favor? - Why, certainly.
Now, you're going to do me a favor one of these days, and you're going to do it because if you don't, this knife goes in her.
We have a favor to ask the magistrate about.
I have a favor to ask.
Do me a favor?
You would do me a great favor if you presented your friend to the king.
Sir, you could do me a great favor.
Yeah, but the very fact that the verdict was in my favor definitely makes it. Six cents.
Will you do me a favor?

News and current affairs

Second, where they do consider harmonization, they could favor the less stringent of the original standards, unless there is credible evidence that it would not support the relevant regulatory objective.
The Europeans could have tipped the balance decisively in favor of the reformers by finally rewarding the efforts of the pro-EU Turks at last December's summit of EU leaders.
This is critically important for inspiring confidence in Asian countries, which might be persuaded to favor domestic, as opposed to external, sources of demand.
They continue to favor strategies that are better suited to combating crisis than to promoting post-crisis healing.
Health education through public media, reaching distant areas of the country, is an urgent priority, but has been utterly ignored in favor of commercial priorities.
Barter payments, -- which stifled the energy market -- were eliminated. So too tax breaks and other privileges that skewed the playing field in favor of a select few.
The Republicans believe that they have the upper hand and can pervert the system further in favor of the rich.
The failure to mobilize consumer interests in favor of European integration is particularly disappointing for the new member states, which had expected to reap some of the benefits.
Perhaps after 2008, the politics in America will change in favor of an energy tax, but such a tax is needed now.
Klaus, Zeman and their parties also agreed to work together to limit presidential power and the independence of the Central Bank by changing the Constitution, as well as to change the electoral law in their favor.
Even demographic trends favor Indonesia, which, with 230 million people, is already the fourth largest country in the world by population - a full Germany (80-plus million) larger than Russia.
Sometimes the tailored nature of viruses works in our favor.
While the decision by some in favor of dynastic succession may be lacking in democracy, it is not entirely devoid of merit.
But the partnership between a beloved American pastime and the biofuel lobby also marks the latest attempt to sway public opinion in favor of a truly irresponsible policy.
Another factor working in Africa's favor is its private companies' and consumers' low dependence on borrowed money.
In view of this experience, Nigeria now plans to abolish the naira in favor of joining a monetary union with four or five other West African countries (The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and perhaps Liberia).
We Europeans must favor stability, create a real spirit of co-ownership, and promote political responsibility.In this new framework, the EU should avoid excessive conditionality, especially during the transition period.
Officials and others who favor stimulating growth through increased government spending ignore the CBO's more realistic alternative scenario.
To begin with, they reject all academic conventions, such as footnotes, graphics, or judicious explanations in favor of agreeable journalistic narratives pitched to a mass audience.
Liu Xiaobo was an active spokesman in 1989 for the student protests against official corruption and in favor of greater freedom.
So too tax breaks and other privileges that skewed the playing field in favor of a select few.
China appears to have taken the message to heart, as it voted in favor of sanctions on Iran for the first time.

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