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# favored

«favored» in Mova's school dictionary: **given special help or kindness by luck or by a ruler, or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the one that fortune or a king prefers

### examples

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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