favourite

World English Dictionary
favourite or (US) favorite (ˈfeɪvərɪt, ˈfeɪvrɪt, ˈfeɪvərɪt, ˈfeɪvrɪt)
 
adj
1.  (prenominal) most liked; preferred above all others
 
n
2.  a.  a person or thing regarded with especial preference or liking
 b.  (as modifier): a favourite book
3.  sport a competitor thought likely to win
4.  (pl) computing a place on certain browsers that allows internet users to list the addresses of websites they find and like with a click of the mouse so that they can revisit them merely by opening the list and clicking on the address
5.  play favourites to display favouritism
 
[C16: from Italian favorito, from favorire to favour, from Latin favēre]
 
favorite or (US) favorite
 
adj
 
n
 
[C16: from Italian favorito, from favorire to favour, from Latin favēre]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Favourite is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
WordNet
favourite

adjective
1. appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction" [syn: favorite
2. preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored

noun
1. a competitor thought likely to win [syn: front-runner
2. a special loved one [syn: darling
3. something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites" [syn: favorite
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT