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Noun favor has 5 senses
- favor, favour - an act of gracious kindness
--1 is a kind of kindness, benignity
--1 has particulars: turn, good turn
- favor, favour - an advantage to the benefit of someone or something; "the outcome was in his favor"
--2 is a kind of advantage, vantage
- favor, favour - an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"
--3 is a kind of inclination, disposition, tendency
- favor, favour - a feeling of favorable regard
--4 is a kind of approval
- party favor, party favour, favor, favour - souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
--5 is a kind of keepsake, souvenir, token, relic
--5 has particulars: cracker, snapper, cracker bonbon
Verb favor has 4 senses
- prefer, favor, favour - promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"
--1 is one way to promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
Sample sentences:
Sam cannot favor Sue
The chefs favor the vegetables
- favor, favour - consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored"
--2 is one way to see, consider, reckon, view, regard
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- favor, favour - treat gently or carefully
--3 is one way to spare, save
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot favor Sue
- privilege, favor, favour - bestow a privilege upon
--4 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentence:
They favor him to write the letter
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