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# favored

adjective (favored); past form of verb favor (American spelling; British spelling is «favoured»)

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

## Everyday

Favored means given special help or kindness by luck or by a ruler, or chosen above others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favored/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, the one that fortune or a king prefers

### Examples

- She was favored by fortune. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favored/#x1)
- The youngest prince was the king's favored son. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favored/#x2)
- Which of the four lands was most favored? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favored/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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