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# favourite

«favourite» in Mova's school dictionary: **the thing or person you like best of all** — 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

adjective (favourite); noun (a favourite, favourites)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Your favourite is the thing or person you like best of all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#m1)

2) Favourite as an adjective means liked the most, like your favourite colour or food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#m2)

3) In a race or contest, the favourite is the one expected to win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday conversation, children talk about their favourite food, book, animal, game and colour, which is a good way to make friends. In maths, a tally chart or bar chart of «our class's favourite fruit» is a classic survey; the favourite is the bar that is tallest (the mode). In fairness lessons, teachers should not have favourites. Phrases: my favourite, all-time favourite, an old favourite, play favourites.

### examples

- What's your favourite colour? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#x1)
- Pizza is my favourite food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#x2)
- This book is an old favourite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#x3)
- Our survey showed apples are the class's favourite fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#x4)
- Which animal is your favourite? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#x5)
- She's the favourite to win the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#x6)
- It's not fair for teachers to have favourites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#x7)
- That song is my all-time favourite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#x8)
- Her favourite flowers were the dittany, poppy, and lily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favourite/#x9)

### note

British, Irish, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian spelling: favourite; American spelling: favorite. «Favourite» already means «most liked», so «most favourite» is not needed. In survey problems, the favourite is the answer with the biggest number.

### In the corpora

- [Rewatching a favourite film is a comfort at any age; grown-ups do it too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/9/)
- [A bad picture fades faster if you fill your head with something else, like a favourite place, a game or a song.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/22/)
- [Sea otters smash shellfish on a stone laid on the chest and keep a favourite stone in a loose skin pocket under the arm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/12/)
- ["chuān duō diǎnr" means "wear more layers!", the favourite advice of grandparents, even in spring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/20-weather-and-what-granny-says-to-wear/15/)
- [Poets paint pictures with words, and they have a few favourite tricks: the simile, the metaphor, personification and alliteration.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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