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# favour

«favour» in Mova's school dictionary: **a kind thing you do to help someone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (favour, favours; US favor); verb (favour, favours, favoured, favouring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A favour is a kind thing you do to help someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#m1)

2) «In favour of» means supporting or agreeing with something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#m2)

3) To favour someone is to treat them better than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#m3)

4) A party favour is a small gift for guests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In manners lessons pupils ask politely: «Could you do me a favour?» and return favours. In class votes «all in favour» raise hands. In fairness lessons a teacher should not favour one pupil. Phrases: do someone a favour, ask a favour, in favour of, in your favour, return the favour, favourite.

### examples

- Can you do me a favour and hold this? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#x1)
- Thanks, I owe you a favour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#x2)
- Who is in favour of a trip to the zoo? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#x3)
- The score was 3–1 in our favour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#x4)
- Mum said she would not favour one child over the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#x5)
- We gave out party favours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#x6)
- She returned the favour and helped me too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#x7)
- Peter decided in favour of the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favour/#x8)

### note

British, Irish, Australian, NZ spelling: «favour»; American: «favor» (Canadian usually «favour»). «Do someone a favour» (not «make a favour»). «Favourite» means liked best. In votes, «in favour» = yes.

### In the corpora

- [Then the Mole asks the favour he's been waiting to ask: will the Rat take him to meet Mr.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/4/)
- [Newspapers can favour one side; comparing two reports helps you spot it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/23/)
- ["Party favours" is US slang for illegal drugs at a party, though it also means small party gifts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/20/)
- [People often remember events in their own favour without meaning to lie.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/198-telling-when-someone-may-be-lying/17/)
- [Telling the teacher about a marking mistake in your favour shows integrity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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