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favourite
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favourite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun favourite has 3 senses
- favourite(n = noun.person) favorite, front-runner - a competitor thought likely to win; Array is a kind of challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival
- favourite(n = noun.person) darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, pet - a special loved one; Array is a kind of lover
- favourite(n = noun.cognition) favorite - something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites" is a kind of choice, pick, selection
has particulars: chosen, macushla, mollycoddle, teacher's pet
Derived form adjective favourite2
Derived form adjective favourite1
Adjective favourite has 2 senses
- favourite(s = adj.all) favorite - appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction" Derived form noun favourite3
- favourite(s = adj.all) best-loved, favored, favorite, pet, preferent, preferred - preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" Derived form noun favourite2
OXFORD DICTIONARY
favourite, adj. & n. (US favorite)
--adj. preferred to all others (my favourite book).
--n.
1 a specially favoured person.
2 Sport a competitor thought most likely to win.
--adj. preferred to all others (my favourite book).
--n.
1 a specially favoured person.
2 Sport a competitor thought most likely to win.
Idiom
favourite son US a person preferred as the presidential candidate by delegates from the candidate's home State.
Etymology
obs. F favorit f. It. favorito past part. of favorire favour
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