favour (verb)

  • 1favour — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE favor) noun 1 sth that helps sb ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge ▪ little, small ▪ special …

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  • 2favour — noun see kissing goes by favour verb see fortune favours fools fortune favours the brave …

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  • 3favour — (US favor) ► NOUN 1) approval or liking. 2) an act of kindness beyond what is due or usual. 3) overgenerous preferential treatment. 4) (one s favours) dated a woman s consent to a man having sexual intercourse with her. 5) archaic a thing such as …

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  • 4favour with — ˈfavour with [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they favour with he/she/it favours with present participle favouring with past tense favoured with …

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  • 5favour — 1 BrE, favor AmE noun 1 HELP (C) something that you do for someone in order to help them or be kind to them : ask a favour (of sb): Can I ask a favor of you? | do sb a favour: Could you do me a favour and turn off that light? | do sth as a favour …

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  • 6favour — [[t]fe͟ɪvə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ favours, favouring, favoured (in AM, use favor) 1) N UNCOUNT If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them. It remains to be seen if the show will still find favour with a 1990s audience... No one… …

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  • 7favour — I UK [ˈfeɪvə(r)] / US [ˈfeɪvər] noun Word forms favour : singular favour plural favours *** 1) [countable] something that you do for someone in order to help them do someone a favour: Could you do me a favour? ask a favour of someone: Can I ask a …

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  • 8favour*/*/ — [ˈfeɪvə] noun I 1) [C] something that you do for someone in order to help them Could you do me a favour?[/ex] He wouldn t take any money for his work: he insisted he was doing it as a favour.[/ex] 2) [U] support or admiration from people Nuclear… …

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  • 9favour — /ˈfeɪvə / (say fayvuh) noun 1. a kind act; something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration: ask a favour. 2. kindness; kind approval. 3. a state of being approved, or held in regard: in favour; out of… …

  • 10favour — (US favor) noun 1》 approval or liking.     ↘unfair preferential treatment.     ↘archaic a thing such as a badge that is given or worn as a mark of favour or support. 2》 an act of kindness beyond what is due or usual.     ↘(one s favours) dated a… …

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