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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

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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