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Meaning favour meaning

What does favour mean?
Definitions in simple English

favour Noun

— Some help. Can you please do me a favour by washing the dishes? May I ask you a favour?

favour Verb

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

favour

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

Synonyms favour synonyms

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

favour English » English

favor grace kindness help benefit support service patronage goodwill prefer mercy benevolence obligation like encourage aid propitiousness promote love gift countenance boon blessing protection popularity pity patronize charm assistance advantage spare show kindness shelter save regard with favour refuge privilege present preference party favour party favor partiality letter graciousness good will good debt of gratitude concur compassion comeliness

Conjugation favour conjugation

How do you conjugate favour?

favour · verb

Examples favour examples

How do I use favour in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Could you do me a favour please?
May I request a favour of you?
I'll recommend him as chairman, whether you are in favour of it or not.
She has beauty as a point in her favour.
I'm also in favour so it's three to one. And thus your objection is overruled.
I would like to ask a favour of you.
Fate has turned in my favour.
May I ask you a favour?
Do me a favour and shut up.
To ask why I'm in favour of Esperanto is like asking Galileo why he's in favour of the earth revolving around the sun.
I am in favour of your proposal.
The statistics are in our favour.
She has never asked a favour of anybody.
May I ask a favour from you?
Can you do me a favour?
Would you mind doing me a favour?

Movie subtitles

Can you do us a favour and bleep the consultant anaesthetist on call.
I claim the favour.
I did him a little favour once and this is how he came through.
Honestly, you'd do me a great favour.
A great favour?
Yes, a great favour.
Taxi really did me a favour and only a favour.
And if you would do me a special favour, please leave me alone, right now.
I'm always in favour of peace.
In the case of Warriner v, Warriner, the court grants. an interlocutory decree of divorce in favour of the plaintiff, Lucy Warriner.
I haven't asked anyone to do me a favour for years.
Although, I also have a favour to ask.
To tell you the truth, I thought that if I did you a favour.
His heart would beat for the people, would decide in its favour.
As a special favour to me, you won't print that story, will you?
I won't even pretend you haven't done me a great favour.
Mr Smith came here to do us a great favour.
Perhaps he will do me a great favour.
As a favour, please make it snappy and tell Stew Smith I've gotta see him.
Say, do me a favour, will you, Charlie?
Ask me for a favour sometime, will you?
I guess I felt bad that his supposed friend was betraying him and what my brother was doing to him, but I was just trying to do him a favour.
Yeah, but couldn't you pretend to care as a favour to me?
Even civilian groups in favour of robots are protesting causing minor skirmishes.
I politely asked Carrot-top to do me a favour, to walk to the mill.
Mr Rubens, I, uh. I wonder if you'd do me a favour.
Is that a favour, Mr Cooper?
If you're going there, could you do me a favour?
Do me a favour.

News and current affairs

Blair is in favour of Europe; but not this Europe.
Still, some German politicians, especially in the ruling SPD, are in principle in favour of giving the people their say in referenda.
On the other hand, few people have a concentrated interest leading them to favour repeal.
LONDON: Britain's Labour government reacted to the crisis in Kosovo by coming out in favour of a stronger defence role for the European Union.

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