Meaning

1 senses

  1. British standard spelling of favor.

More definitions
  • consider as the favorite
  • treat gently or carefully
  • promote over another
  • bestow a privilege upon

Examples

162 sentences

  1. I have a favour to ask of you.

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  2. Would you do me a favour?

    deKönnten Sie mir bitte einen Gefallen tun? — MUIRIEL

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  3. Can you do me a favour?

    ruМожно вас кое о чём попросить? — nami

    deKönnen Sie mir einen Gefallen tun? — MUIRIEL

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  4. Tom had a favour to ask me.

    ruУ Тома была ко мне просьба. — marafon

    deTom hatte an mich eine Bitte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. I won't favour anybody.

    deIch werde niemanden bevorzugen. — Naina

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Forms

favours, favouring, favoured, favoured
Base formfavour · to favour
3rd person singularfavours
Present participlefavouring
Past simplefavoured
Past participlefavoured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfavour
he, she, itfavours

Past simpleLesson

all personsfavoured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave favoured
he, she, ithas favoured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill favour

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Deriveddisfavourfavourlessfavoursome

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
favafavorA2favorablyC1favourableB1favouriteA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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