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Meanings of favour (favours) in English
Synonyms
Examples for "favor"
Examples for "favor"
1
The change in the wind was altogether in favor of the brigantine.
2
In fact, television irreversibly tipped the balance in favor of the visual.
3
The political contest ended in the autumn in favor of Mr. Pierce.
4
It was a speech in favor of compromise, in favor of conciliation.
5
Strong commodity markets and good valuations also favor Canada's resource-rich equity markets.
1
Everyone got some party favor from the Wizard except me.
2
Its tongue, hideously long, fell out of its mouth like an unrolling party favor.
3
A party favor for when the little princess turned as old as Lewis Carroll's Alice.
4
What are you going to give him for a party favor, Chris, a bloody Kotex?
5
My fellow freak snatched his, checking its contents like it was a party favor bag.
1
But a number of northern Yemeni parties favour a multi-region federation.
2
His National Party favours a stronger role for the private sector.
3
People could take them home in doggy bags, as party favours.
4
Election spending limits are benefiting parties favoured by the wealthy, writes Mark Brennock.
5
A number of northern parties favour a multi-region federation.
Usage of favours in English
1
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said he favours the latter approach.
2
Mr Jones called for a new written UK constitution which favours devolution.
3
Little plays with the intrigue in the audience; favours behind green hedges.
4
Where streaming favours mass market films - and it also encourages piracy.
5
The Gauteng Department of Health is really not doing itself any favours.
6
Najib favours some form of autonomy for the predominantly ethnic Malay region.
7
The cash came with no wish list attached and no favours offered.
8
As we have seen during Sunday's penalty shootouts, fortune favours the brave.
9
Thank goodness he had a number of favours he could call in.
10
The greatest princes in the land came to beg favours of him.
11
History, it was true, didn't seem to have done Plex any favours.
12
The pharmacokinetic model favours once per day dosing with adjustment for weight.
13
The pretty way in which she asks favours carries out the delusion.
14
The broker favours stocks in the construction, leisure and general retail sector.
15
Australia said it favours trade restrictions stopping short of a total ban.
16
From the same.-She favours him with a meeting in the garden.
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Favours across language varieties
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
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