Favourite Definition

favourites
adjective

(UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Malta, South Africa) Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified.)

This is my second favourite occupation.
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noun
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(UK, Canada) A person who enjoys special regard or favour.

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(UK, Canada) A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.

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(UK, Canada) A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.

You were my favourite to win the spelling competition.
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(in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.

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verb

Alternative form of favour.

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(Internet) To bookmark.

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(Internet) To add to one's list of favourites on a website that allows users to compile such lists.

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Other Word Forms of Favourite

Noun

Singular:
favourite
Plural:
favourites

Origin of Favourite

  • From Middle French favorit

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Favourite Sentence Examples

  • At first his favourite subject was classics.

  • My favourite amusement is sailing.

  • My favourite poet has written some lines about England which I love very much.

  • In early times the war of the Epigoni was a favourite subject of epic poetry.

  • Meeting with an accident while he was wandering on the Palatine, and being detained in Rome, he passed part of his enforced leisure in giving lectures (possibly on Homer, his favourite author), and thus succeeded in arousing among the Romans a taste for the scholarly study of literature.

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Words Starting With

FFAFAV

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ETEITE

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With F9 Letter Words Ending With E