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favor, favour
(noun) an act of gracious kindness
favor, favour
(noun) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something; “the outcome was in his favor”
favor, favour
(noun) an inclination to approve; “that style is in favor this season”
favor, favour
(noun) a feeling of favorable regard
favor, favour
(verb) consider as the favorite; “The local team was favored”
prefer, favor, favour
(verb) promote over another; “he favors his second daughter”
privilege, favor, favour
(verb) bestow a privilege upon
favor, favour
(verb) treat gently or carefully
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Favor (plural Favors)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Favor is the 21895th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1186 individuals. Favor is most common among White (52.11%) and Black/African American (32.38%) individuals.
favor (countable and uncountable, plural favors) (American spelling, alternative in Canada)
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
Goodwill; benevolent regard.
A small gift; a party favor.
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
(obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
(legal) Partiality; bias.
(archaic) A letter, a written communication.
(obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.
(obsolete, in the plural) Lovelocks.
• Favor is the standard US spelling, and an alternative in Canada. Favour is the standard spelling in Canada and outside North America.
• English speakers usually "do someone a favor" (rather than *"make them a favor", which would be sense 3 only). See Collocations of do, have, make, and take for uses and meaning of favor collocated with these words.
• disfavor
• discriminate
• discrimination
• harm
• sabotage
• aid
• help
• lend a hand
• token
favor (third-person singular simple present favors, present participle favoring, simple past and past participle favored) (US, alternative in Canada, transitive)
To look upon fondly; to prefer.
To encourage, conduce to
To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
To treat with care.
(in dialects, including, Southern US and Cajun) To resemble, to look like (another person).
• disfavor
• discriminate
Source: Wiktionary
Fa"vor, n. Etym: [Written also favour.] Etym: [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bhavaya to further, foster, causative of bhBe. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel a horse. See 2d Favel.]
1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will. Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak.
2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending. But found no favor in his lady's eyes. Dryden. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke ii. 52.
3. 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. Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. Shak.
4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. I could not discover the lenity and fabor of this sentence. Swift.
5. The object of regard; person or thing favored. All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, His chief delight and favor. Milton.
6. 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. Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. Shak.
7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.] This boy is fair, of female favor. Shak.
8. (Law)
Definition: Partiality; bias. Bouvier.
9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
10. pl.
Definition: Love locks. [Obs.] Wright. Challenge to the favor or for favor (Law), the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See Principal challenge, under Challenge.
– In favor of, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of.
– In favor with, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by.
– To curry favor Etym: [see the etymology of Favor, above], to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities.
– With one's favor, or By one's favor, with leave; by kind permission. But, with your favor, I will treat it here. Dryden.
Syn.
– Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit.
Fa"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Favored; p. pr. & vb. n. Favoring.] Etym: [Written also favour.] Etym: [Cf. OF. favorer, favorir. See Favor, n.]
1. 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. O happy youth! and favored of the skies. Pope. He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab. 2 Sam. xx. 11. [The painter] has favored her squint admirably. Swift.
2. To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
3. To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father. The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master. Spectator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.