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  • 11favour — 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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  • 12favour — [[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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  • 13favour*/*/ — [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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  • 14favour — n. & v. (US favor) n. 1 an act of kindness beyond what is due or usual (did it as a favour). 2 esteem, liking, approval, goodwill; friendly regard (gained their favour; look with favour on). 3 partiality; too lenient or generous treatment. 4 aid …

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  • 15favour — /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… …

  • 16favour — (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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  • 17favour — 1. noun 1) will you do me a favour? Syn: good turn, service, good deed, act of kindness, courtesy 2) she looked on him with favour Syn: approval, approbation, goodwill, kindness, benevolence …

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  • 18favour with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms favour with : present tense I/you/we/they favour with he/she/it favours with present participle favouring with past tense favoured with past participle favoured with mainly literary favour someone with… …

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  • 19favour — 1. noun /ˈfeɪvə(ɹ)/ A piece of help, usually to be repaid I need a favour. Could you lend me 5 dollars til tomorrow, please? 2. verb /ˈfeɪvə(ɹ)/ a) To look upon fondly; to prefer …

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  • 20favour — [14] Latin favēre meant ‘regard favourably, side with protect’. It came ultimately from Indo European *dhegh , *dhogh ‘burn’, which also produced Latin fovēre ‘heat, cherish’ (source of English foment [15]) and English day. From it was derived… …

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