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favorite

[ fey-ver-it, feyv-rit ]

noun

  1. a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference:

    That song is an old favorite of mine.

  2. Sports. a competitor considered likely to win.
  3. a person or thing popular with the public.
  4. a person treated with special or undue favor by a king, official, etc.:

    favorites at the court.

  5. Digital Technology. bookmark ( def 3a ).


adjective

  1. regarded with particular favor or preference:

    a favorite child.

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Other Words From

  • non·favor·ite noun
  • pre·favor·ite noun adjective
  • un·favor·ite adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of favorite1

First recorded in 1575–85; from Middle French, from Italian favorito, “favored,” past participle of favorire “to favor, support,” from favore “favor, goodwill”; favor, -ite 2

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Example Sentences

That’s becoming more true as the wealthiest people in the world accrue even more money and spend more of it on their favorite conservation and climate solutions.

A couple of days before our flight, I managed to get my favorite guidebook author on the phone.

While listening to folks waiting for a lift complain about how much their goggles were fogging on a recent powder day, I was happy that my mask hid my smile while I popped open the lenses and let my favorite goggles breathe.

That can be as simple as savoring the bouquet of a favorite wine, making a homemade amaro, or lighting a scented candle.

We get kind of rowdy around it, and they don’t want us to get hurt, but it is the pride and joy of our program, and it is my favorite part of every Saturday, going out and hearing it roar.

The first two videos are teasers featuring two favorite cartoon characters for young girls, Dora the Explorer and Tinkerbell.

Petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”

In 1972, Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie was the odds-on favorite to win the Democratic Presidential nomination.

Hand to God Sexual repression has been around for centuries, courtesy of all our favorite religions.

Heinold's First and Last Chance, Oakland (Jack London, Taft) You can thank Johnny Heinold for your favorite Jack London book.

The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.

Flowers, fruits, and insects were her favorite subjects, and were painted with rare delicacy.

A little later it began to be cultivated in Germany where it had already been used as a favorite luxury.

She took him to their favorite seat within the vines, and where nothing but the darkness was their company.

Here Gwynne kept his Blue Books and thought out his speeches, but it was not a favorite room with the guests.

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How Do You Spell Favorite?

Spelling tips for favorite

The word favorite is hard to spell for two reasons. First, in British English it is spelled with a u (favourite), unlike the American English spelling favorite. Second, the final e is silent.

How to spell favorite:  When you do someone a favor, you don’t do it for yourself. So, there is no u in favor. Now that we have the beginning of the word down, how do we remember the e in -ite? Well, it wouldn’t be anything without an Ending (an e at the end). Put the two together and you get favorite.

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