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# favorite

adjective (favorite; British favourite); noun (a favorite, favorites)

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

## Everyday

1. Your favorite is the one you like best. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#m1)
2. A favorite is a person or team that most people think will win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#m2)
3. A favorite can be someone liked more than others, which may be unfair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#m3)

### In the lessons

maths: a story word; sometimes in surveys counting favorite fruits or colours (tally charts, bar graphs: each favorite is a label of a group counted); school: favorite book, favorite subject; everyday life: favorite food, toy or song

### Examples

- Her favorite fruit is apples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#x1)
- 12 children said red is their favorite color. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#x2)
- He bought 3 of his favorite books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#x3)
- How many chose dogs as their favorite? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#x4)
- What is your favorite subject? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#x5)
- We made a bar graph of favorite pets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#x6)
- This song is my favorite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#x7)
- The blue team is the favorite to win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#x8)
- Another favorite pastime of Kintaro’s was to smash up rocks and stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favorite/#x9)

### Note

No operation clue; in surveys, it is the label of a group counted. Trap: none. US spelling «favorite», British «favourite».

## In Jewish tradition

maths: a story word; sometimes in surveys counting favorite fruits or colours (tally charts, bar graphs: each favorite is a label of a group counted); school: favorite book, favorite subject; everyday life: favorite food, toy or song

### Note

No operation clue; in surveys, it is the label of a group counted. Trap: none. US spelling «favorite», British «favourite».

## On Mova

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