[ UK /fˈe‍ɪvɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈfeɪvɝ/ ]
VERB
  1. promote over another
    he favors his second daughter
  2. bestow a privilege upon
  3. consider as the favorite
    The local team was favored
  4. treat gently or carefully
NOUN
  1. souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
  2. a feeling of favorable regard
  3. an advantage to the benefit of someone or something
    the outcome was in his favor
  4. an act of gracious kindness
  5. an inclination to approve
    that style is in favor this season
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How To Use favor In A Sentence

  • Wine lovers in the U.S. are increasingly describing their favorite vintage as molto buono, instead of très bon.
  • The bolide probably prolonged and intensified the change, and may have weighed heavily in favor of mammals or birds and against non - avian dinosaurs.
  • I didn't move until I heard slow footsteps and peaked over the top of the gold to see Garren warily approaching the dragon, favoring his left leg.
  • Could you do me a big favor?
  • Therefore, if the vaccine afforded protection for life, there would be a very strong argument in favor of universal vaccination - no chicken pox and no shingles.
  • A favorite uncle provided pointers on pugilistic defenses against bullies - namely her father, who was the first regular bully in her life.
  • Hand, Schryhart, Arneel, and Merrill, weighted with this inpouring flood of stock, which they had to take at two-twenty, hurried to their favorite banks, hypothecating vast quantities at one-fifty and over, and using the money so obtained to take care of the additional shares which they were compelled to buy. The Titan
  • The transitional zones between low backgrounds of W Mo group elements and iron group and chalcophile elements are the favorable enriched zones of uranium deposits.
  • At the least, that first conclusion seems to me unproven by his own arguments in favor of mortality.
  • The Israelis already possess them, operating disingenuously and outside international norms again, an exceptionalism granted by the United States’ favor andmight. The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists”
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