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# favor

noun (favor, favors); verb (favor, favors, favored, favoring) (American spelling; British spelling is «favour»)

«favor» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A favor is a kind act done for someone: «Will you do me a favor?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/#m1)
2. Favor is help or support: a wind in favor of one ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/#m2)
3. Favor is approval or liking: to win someone's favor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/#m3)

### In the lessons

in tales, a kind act, or the good will of a king or of fortune

### Examples

- Will you do me a favor? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/#x1)
- The wind was in our favor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/#x2)
- Pinocchio won everybody's favor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/#x3)
- The king showed favor to the youngest son. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «favor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«favor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/favor.html) on Mova free.