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    fa·vored
    [ˈfāvərd]
    adjective
    favoured (adjective) · favored (adjective)
    1. preferred or recommended:
      "she was his favored candidate" · "the most favored destination of visitors to Canada"
    fa·vor
    [ˈfāvər]
    verb
    favored (past tense) · favored (past participle)
    1. feel or show approval or preference for:
      "slashing public spending is a policy that few politicians favor"
      • give unfairly preferential treatment to:
        "critics argued that the policy favored the private sector"
      • work to the advantage of:
        "natural selection has favored bats"
    2. (favor someone with)
      (often used in polite requests) give someone (something that they want):
      "please favor me with an answer"
    3. informal
      resemble (a parent or other relative) in facial features:
      "she's pretty, and she favors you"
    4. treat (an injured limb) gently, not putting one's full weight on it:
      "he favors his sore leg"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the noun sense ‘liking, preference’): via Old French from Latin favor, from favere ‘show kindness to’ (related to fovere ‘cherish’).
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    verb
    1. feel or show approval or preference for:
      preferred
      favorite
      recommended
      chosen
      choice
      selected
      ideal
      particular
      special
      pet
      advocate
      recommend
      advise
      support
      back
      champion
      stand up for
      urge
      promote
      espouse
      endorse
      sanction
      plug
      push
      most-liked
      blue-eyed
      subscribe to
      approve of
      look on with favor
      be in favor of
      campaign for
      argue for
      press for
      lobby for
      vouch for
      Opposite:
      oppose
    2. (often used in polite requests) give someone (something that they want):
      oblige
      accommodate
      gratify
      satisfy
      humor
      indulge
      honor
      pander to
      put oneself out for
    3. resemble (a parent or other relative) in facial features:
      resemble
      bear a resemblance to
      take after
      look like
      be like
      be similar to
      remind one of
      put one in mind of
      have the look of
      be the spit of
      be the spitting image of
      be a dead ringer for
      bear semblance to
      Opposite:
      differ from
     
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    Dec 5, 2016 · The meaning of FAVORED is having an appearance or features of a particular kind. How to use favored in a sentence.

     
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    What is a favored few?
    a favored few Only a favored few are admitted to the palace. Few people willingly choose isolation or loneliness as a favored way of life. The retirement home edging the golf course is not necessarily the baby boomers ' favored option. She used to take her most favored clients to expensive restaurants.

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    What is a favoured way of life?
    Few people willingly choose isolation or loneliness as a favoured way of life. The favoured option for new graduates will be to find themselves a highly paid City job. She used to take her most favoured clients to expensive restaurants. He was a favoured "high roller " at casinos in Las Vegas. What is the pronunciation of favoured?

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    What is the difference between goodwill and favor?
    Favor may be merely an attitude of mind: to look with favor on a proposal. Goodwill is more active and leads often to outward manifestations of friendly approval: By frequent applause the audience showed its goodwill toward the speaker. 5.

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