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# favor

«favor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a kind act done for someone: «Will you do me a favor?»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A favor is a kind act done for someone: «Will you do me a favor?» [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/#m2)

3) Favor is approval or liking: to win someone's favor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/#m3)

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «favor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.