Favor | Mean of favor in English Dictionary

/ˈfeɪvɚ/

  • Noun
  • a kind or helpful act that you do for someone
    1. do/grant a friend a favor = do a favor for a friend = grant a favor to a friend
    2. Can I ask you (for) a favor?
    3. I drove her to the airport because I owed her a favor.
    4. She's willing to help you but only as a favor to me.
    5. I'm here as a (special) favor to my sister.
    6. Don't do me any favors. I don't need your help.
    7. I've learned to be grateful for small favors.
    8. He treats them well, and they return the favor. [=they also treat him well]
    9. Do me a favor [=do what I want you to do; do what you should do] and get home on time for once.
    10. You can do yourself a favor [=you can make things easier for yourself] by arriving early at the airport.
    11. The company made campaign donations in exchange/return for political favors. [=political acts/decisions that helped the company]
    12. He was arrested for soliciting sexual favors [=sex acts done in exchange for something, such as money] from a prostitute.
  • approval, support, or popularity
    1. Her ideas have found/gained favor with many young people. [=many young people like/support her ideas]
    2. He's trying to earn the boss's favor by working late.
    3. Her theories have lost favor. = Her theories have fallen from favor. = Her theories are no longer in favor. = Her theories are now out of favor. [=they are no longer popular]
    4. a style that has come into favor [=become popular]
    5. The committee looks with favor on the project. [=the committee regards the project favorably; the committee likes and approves of the project]
  • preference for one person, group, etc., over another
    1. The judge showed favor for/toward the defendant.
    2. The students naturally showed favor toward their own school's team.
  • a small gift given to the people who come to a party
    1. Small boxes of candy were given out as favors at the wedding.
  • wanting or approving of (something)
    1. All in favor of (having) a party [=everyone who wants to have a party], raise your hands.
    2. Not surprisingly, most voters are in favor of the tax cuts.
    3. a politician who is in favor of the death penalty
  • in a way that tries to persuade people to support (something)
    1. He argued in favor of the tax cuts. [=he argued for the tax cuts]
  • choosing (something) instead of something else
    1. She turned down the scholarship in favor of a pro career.
    2. The original proposal was rejected in favor of a new design.
  • in support of (someone)
    1. The judge ruled in favor of the defendant.
  • in a state of being liked or approved of by (someone)
    1. She did extra work to get back in the teacher's favor.
  • Verb
  • to prefer (someone) especially in an unfair way
    1. The teacher clearly favors you.
    2. He claims that his parents favor his sister (over him).
  • to approve of or support (something)
    1. Most voters favor these tax cuts.
    2. Her father favored the idea of her going to law school.
  • to regard (someone or something) as most likely to succeed or win
    1. They won the championship last year, and most forecasters favor them to win again this year.
  • to give something to (someone)
    1. The author favored us with a copy [=gave us a copy] of his latest book.
    2. She will now favor us with a song. [=she will now sing or play a song for us]
    3. He did not favor us with a reply. [=he did not reply to us]
  • to treat (an injured leg, foot, etc.) gently or carefully
    1. She was favoring her left leg. [=she was walking carefully in a way that showed that her left leg was injured]
  • to make (something) possible or easy
    1. Darkness favored the attack.
    2. The weather favored our plans for a picnic.
  • to look like (a parent or other relative)
    1. He favors [=resembles] his mother.
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