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  • 1favour — (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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  • 2favour 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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  • 3Favour — Favour, Favor, Favours, or Favors may refer to:* Party favor, a small gift given to the guests at a party * Wedding favors, small gifts given as a gesture of appreciation to guests from the bride and groom during a weddingPeople with the surname… …

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  • 4favour — British English spelling of FAVOR (Cf. favor) (q.v.); for spelling, see OR (Cf. or). Related: Favourite; favouritism …

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  • 5favour — (Brit.) fa·vour || feɪvÉ™(r) n. kindness; approval; bias, prejudice; preferential treatment; small gift; ribbon, badge of loyalty (also favor) …

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  • 6favour — favour, favourable, favourite are the normal BrE spellings, as distinct from favor, favorable, favorite in AmE …

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  • 7favour — [fā′vər] n., vt. Brit. sp. of FAVOR …

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  • 8favour — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE favor) noun 1 sth that helps sb ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge ▪ little, small ▪ special …

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  • 9favour — fa|vour1 W2S1 BrE favor AmE [ˈfeıvə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(help)¦ 2¦(support/approval)¦ 3¦(popular/unpopular)¦ 4¦(advantage)¦ 5¦(choose something instead)¦ 6 do somebody/something no favours 7¦(unfair support)¦ …

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  • 10favour — 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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