"favor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfeɪvɚ/ [US], /ˈfeɪvə/ [UK] Audio: en-us-favor.ogg [US], En-us-favour.ogg [US] Forms: favors [plural], in Canada [US, alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old French favor, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Respelled in American English to more closely match its Latin etymon. Compare also Danish favør (“favor”), Irish fabhar (“favor”), from the same Romance source. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|favour}} Middle English favour, {{m|enm|favor}} favor, {{m|enm|faver}} faver, {{der|en|xno|favour}} Anglo-Norman favour, {{der|en|fro|favor}} Old French favor, {{der|en|la|favor||good will; kindness; partiality}} Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), {{m|la|faveō||to be kind to}} faveō (“to be kind to”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|*bʰeh₂weh₁yeti|to be favourable to}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-||to shine, glow light}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”), {{cog|da|favør||favor}} Danish favør (“favor”), {{cog|ga|fabhar||favor}} Irish fabhar (“favor”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} favor (countable and uncountable, plural favors)
  1. A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (kind or helpful deed): χάρις (kháris) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ⁧معروف⁩ (maʕrūf) [masculine] (Arabic), mesede (Basque), fabore (Basque), услуга (usluga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), favor [feminine] (Catalan), servei [masculine] (Catalan), 恩惠 (ēnhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 好意 (hǎoyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 幫忙 (note: see also) (Chinese Mandarin), 帮忙 (bāngmáng) (Chinese Mandarin), laskavost (Czech), pomoc (Czech), dienst (Dutch), gunst (Dutch), favoro (Esperanto), palvelus (Finnish), faveur [feminine] (French), favor [masculine] (Galician), Gefallen [masculine] (German), Gefälligkeit [feminine] (German), 𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃 (ansts) [feminine] (Gothic), χάρη (chári) [feminine] (Greek), ⁧טובה⁩ (tová) [feminine] (Hebrew), szívesség (Hungarian), gar [masculine] (Irish), favore [masculine] (Italian), 好意 (kōi) (Japanese), ひいき (hiiki) (Japanese), 優遇 (yūgū) (Japanese), 寵愛 (chōai) (Japanese), គុណ (kun) (Khmer), 도움 (doum) (Korean), 양보 (yangbo) (Korean), favor (Ladino), hatir (Ladino), venia [feminine] (Latin), услуга (usluga) [feminine] (Macedonian), fadhwila (Ngazidja Comorian), tjeneste [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tenest (Norwegian Nynorsk), teneste [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Gonst [masculine] (Plautdietsch), przysługa (Polish), favor [masculine] (Portuguese), favoare [feminine] (Romanian), услу́га (uslúga) [feminine] (Russian), одолже́ние (odolžénije) [neuter] (Russian), любе́зность (ljubéznostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), राधस् (rādhas) [neuter] (Sanskrit), वर (vara) [masculine] (Sanskrit), usluga [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), molba [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), usluga [feminine] (Slovene), favor (Spanish), tjänst [common-gender] (Swedish), paki-usap (Tagalog), iyilik (Turkish), послу́га (poslúha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ơn (Vietnamese), cymwynas [feminine] (Welsh), ffafr [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-favor-en-noun-gnpftlu~ Disambiguation of 'kind or helpful deed': 85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1
  2. Goodwill; benevolent regard. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (goodwill; benevolent regard): εὔνοια (eúnoia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), favor [feminine] (Catalan), přízeň [feminine] (Czech), god vilje (Danish), suosio (Finnish), favor [masculine] (Galician), Gunst [feminine] (German), Gnade [feminine] (German), Huld [feminine] (German), εύνοια (évnoia) [feminine] (Greek), kegy (Hungarian), jóindulat (Hungarian), pártfogás (Hungarian), fabhar [masculine] (Irish), favore (Italian), 好意 (kōi) (Japanese), Gonscht [feminine] (Luxembourgish), foayr [masculine] (Manx), favour (Middle English), расположе́ние (raspoložénije) [neuter] (Russian), благоскло́нность (blagosklónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), фаво́р (favór) [masculine] (Russian), favor [masculine] (Spanish), прихильність (pryxylʹnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-favor-en-noun-WyjCnr2z Disambiguation of 'goodwill; benevolent regard': 1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1
  3. A small gift; a party favor. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (small gift): pozornost [feminine] (Czech), pöytälahja (english: one set on dinner table etc.) (Finnish), pikkulahja (english: any small gift) (Finnish), apró ajándék (Hungarian), bomboniera [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-favor-en-noun-A3p7Lfb0 Disambiguation of 'small gift': 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
  4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (mildness or mitigation of punishment): armo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-favor-en-noun-iPQ9OSMQ Disambiguation of 'mildness or mitigation of punishment': 2 1 1 94 0 1 1 0 0 0
  5. The object of regard; person or thing favoured. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (object of regard; person or thing favoured): suosikki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-favor-en-noun-nI5qulDF Disambiguation of 'object of regard; person or thing favoured': 1 14 0 0 78 3 1 0 1 2
  6. (obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face. Tags: US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-favor-en-noun-Z0vRwwDC
  7. (law) Partiality; bias Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-favor-en-noun-XgCYroke Topics: law
  8. (archaic) A letter, a written communication. Tags: US, archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-favor-en-noun-rg8OY3wx
  9. (obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor. Tags: US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-favor-en-noun-Yb9x2Sro
  10. (obsolete) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event. Tags: US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-favor-en-noun-pDN7DlQb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aid, help, lending a hand, token, favour [Commonwealth, Ireland]

Verb

IPA: /ˈfeɪvɚ/ [US], /ˈfeɪvə/ [UK] Audio: en-us-favor.ogg [US], En-us-favour.ogg [US] Forms: favors [present, singular, third-person], favoring [participle, present], favored [participle, past], favored [past], in Canada [US, alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old French favor, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Respelled in American English to more closely match its Latin etymon. Compare also Danish favør (“favor”), Irish fabhar (“favor”), from the same Romance source. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|favour}} Middle English favour, {{m|enm|favor}} favor, {{m|enm|faver}} faver, {{der|en|xno|favour}} Anglo-Norman favour, {{der|en|fro|favor}} Old French favor, {{der|en|la|favor||good will; kindness; partiality}} Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), {{m|la|faveō||to be kind to}} faveō (“to be kind to”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|*bʰeh₂weh₁yeti|to be favourable to}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-||to shine, glow light}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”), {{cog|da|favør||favor}} Danish favør (“favor”), {{cog|ga|fabhar||favor}} Irish fabhar (“favor”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} favor (third-person singular simple present favors, present participle favoring, simple past and past participle favored)
  1. To look upon fondly; to prefer. Tags: US, transitive Translations (to look upon fondly; to prefer): guns (Afrikaans), ⁧أَنْعَمَ⁩ (ʔanʕama) (Arabic), afavorir (Catalan), upřednostňovat (Czech), dávat přednost (Czech), favorizovat (Czech), zvýhodňovat (Czech), favori (Esperanto), favorigi (Esperanto), suosia (Finnish), favoriser (French), favorecer (Galician), begünstigen (German), ευνοώ (evnoó) (Greek), fabhraigh (Irish), preferire (Italian), privilegiare (Italian), かわいがる (kawaigaru) (Japanese), 寵愛する (choai suru) (Japanese), enfavoreser (Ladino), favorizar (Ladino), faveō (Latin), addīcō (Latin), takahoa (english: towards a person) (Maori), popore (Maori), mariu (Maori), favouren (Middle English), ⁧بگنمك⁩ (beğenmek) (Ottoman Turkish), faworyzować [imperfective] (Polish), favorecer (Portuguese), благоволи́ть (blagovolítʹ) (Russian), preferir (Spanish), favorecer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-favor-en-verb-ot2tJ54h Disambiguation of 'to look upon fondly; to prefer': 93 1 1 0 1 4
  2. To use more often. Tags: US, transitive
    Sense id: en-favor-en-verb-j93VNC9U
  3. To encourage, conduce to Tags: US, transitive
    Sense id: en-favor-en-verb-U0jEs0uI
  4. To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward. Tags: US, transitive Translations (to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward): облагодетелствам (oblagodetelstvam) (Bulgarian), bonvoli (Esperanto), tehdä palvelus (Finnish), fare un favore (Italian), faveō (Latin), mariu (Maori), favouren (Middle English)
    Sense id: en-favor-en-verb-VneZrxgT Disambiguation of 'to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward': 0 0 0 100 0 0
  5. To treat with care. Tags: US, transitive Translations (to treat with care): accudire (Italian), ひいきする (hiiki) (Japanese), 優遇する (yūgū suru) (Japanese), 寵愛する (chōai suru) (Japanese), popore (Maori)
    Sense id: en-favor-en-verb-HyNWIEL2 Disambiguation of 'to treat with care': 1 1 1 0 95 2
  6. (in dialects, including Southern US and Louisiana) To resemble; especially, to look like (another person). Tags: Louisiana, Southern-US, US, in dialects, including, transitive
    Sense id: en-favor-en-verb-uRBE8wJq Categories (other): Louisiana English, Southern US English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: favour [Commonwealth, Ireland], abet, assist, endorse, favoritize [proscribed, rare], favourite, sanction Derived forms: favorite, favorable, favourable, favored, favoured, favorer, favourer, favourite, favoritism, favouritism

Inflected forms

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      "alt": "discriminate →",
      "word": "discrimination"
    },
    {
      "word": "disfavor"
    },
    {
      "word": "unfavor"
    },
    {
      "word": "harm"
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      "word": "sabotage"
    }
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      "word": "curry favor"
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      "word": "every good boy deserves favor"
    },
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      "word": "favor bank"
    },
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      "word": "grace and favor"
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      "word": "kissing goes by favor"
    },
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      "word": "may the odds be ever in your favor"
    },
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      "word": "not do someone any favors"
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      "word": "party favor"
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      "word": "return the favor"
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      "word": "sexual favor"
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          "text": "He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.",
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        "A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone)."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "eu",
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          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "mesede"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "fabore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "usluga",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "услуга"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "favor"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "servei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ēnhuì",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "恩惠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hǎoyì",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "好意"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "see also",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "幫忙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bāngmáng",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "帮忙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "laskavost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "pomoc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "dienst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "gunst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "favoro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "palvelus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "faveur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "favor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Gefallen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gefälligkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "ansts",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chári",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "χάρη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kháris",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "χάρις"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tová",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧טובה⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "szívesség"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "favore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōi",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "好意"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hiiki",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "ひいき"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūgū",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "優遇"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chōai",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "寵愛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kun",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "គុណ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "doum",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "도움"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yangbo",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "양보"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "favor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "hatir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "venia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "usluga",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "услуга"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "fadhwila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tjeneste"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "tenest"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "teneste"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Gonst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "przysługa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "favor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "favoare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uslúga",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "услу́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "odolžénije",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "одолже́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ljubéznostʹ",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "любе́зность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "rādhas",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "राधस्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "vara",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "usluga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "molba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "usluga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "favor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tjänst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "paki-usap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "iyilik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "poslúha",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "послу́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "word": "ơn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cymwynas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ffafr"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She enjoyed the queen's favor.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to fall out of favor",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2",
          "text": "Samara: She confuses her victims, twists their feelings. They will do anything for her favor.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Goodwill; benevolent regard."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-noun-WyjCnr2z",
      "links": [
        [
          "Goodwill",
          "goodwill"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "favor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "přízeň"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "word": "god vilje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "word": "suosio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "favor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gunst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gnade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Huld"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "évnoia",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εύνοια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "eúnoia",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εὔνοια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "word": "kegy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "word": "jóindulat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "word": "pártfogás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fabhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "word": "favore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōi",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "word": "好意"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gonscht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "foayr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "word": "favour"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raspoložénije",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "расположе́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "blagosklónnostʹ",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "благоскло́нность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "favór",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фаво́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "favor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 78 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pryxylʹnistʹ",
          "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "прихильність"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "At the holiday dinner, the hosts had set a favor by each place setting.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "A marriage favour is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small gift; a party favor."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-noun-A3p7Lfb0",
      "links": [
        [
          "party favor",
          "party favor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "small gift",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pozornost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "one set on dinner table etc.",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small gift",
          "word": "pöytälahja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "any small gift",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small gift",
          "word": "pikkulahja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small gift",
          "word": "apró ajándék"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small gift",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bomboniera"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-noun-iPQ9OSMQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "lenity",
          "lenity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 94 0 1 1 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mildness or mitigation of punishment",
          "word": "armo"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The object of regard; person or thing favoured."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-noun-nI5qulDF",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 14 0 0 78 3 1 0 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "object of regard; person or thing favoured",
          "word": "suosikki"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Appearance; look; countenance; face."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-noun-Z0vRwwDC",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Partiality; bias"
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-noun-XgCYroke",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) Partiality; bias"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A letter, a written communication."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-noun-rg8OY3wx",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A letter, a written communication."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-noun-Yb9x2Sro",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1853 May, E.R. Bowen, “Bride-Maids and Bride-Cake”, in Peterson's Magazine, volume 23, number 5, page 306",
          "text": "The bride favors, or true love knots, ancient symbols of love, faith, and friendship, pointing out the indisssoluble tie of affection and duty, did not, as might be supposed, take their name of true love knots from the words \"true\" and \"love,\", but from the Danish verb \"Trulofa,\" that is, \"I plight my troth of faith.\" These knots were formerly distributed in great abundance; were worn in the hats by gentlemen, and consisted of variously colored ribbons, which were chosen by the bride and her maids, sometimes after long and serious discussions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1898, Melvin Ballou Gilbert, The Director - Volume 1, page 210",
          "text": "Of all the new war cotillion favors yet devised there is hardly anything more novel than these. Aigrettes that are bunches of ribbons, red, white and blue, designed to be pinned in the hair at once, make up another favor.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1900, “From Abroad”, in The International, volume 8, page 415",
          "text": "Since the good news young folk—and old, too, for that matter—bedeck themselves with favors. Charms hand pendent from the watch chain, from neck pins.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Anthony G. Barrand, Six Fools and a Dancer: The Timeless Way of the Morris, page 178",
          "text": "We can and should borrow choice items, such as bell pads, favors and flowered hats , which can easily be adapted […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, R. Turner Wilcox, The Mode in Hats and Headdress, page 109",
          "text": "[…] honor was bestowed upon the latter because he was the proud possessor of luxurious blond hair and had the most beautiful single curl tied with a ribbon. The lovelock was thereafter called a cadcnettc and the ribbon bowknots, favors.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event."
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          "adornment"
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        "(obsolete) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event."
      ],
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        "US",
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeɪvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeɪvə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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      "audio": "En-us-favour.ogg",
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        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "aid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "help"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lending a hand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "token"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "Commonwealth",
        "Ireland"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "discriminate"
    },
    {
      "word": "disfavor"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favorite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favorable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favourable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favored"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favoured"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favorer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favourer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favourite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favoritism"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favouritism"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "favour"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English favour",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "favor",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "faver"
      },
      "expansion": "faver",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "favour"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman favour",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French favor",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "favor",
        "4": "",
        "5": "good will; kindness; partiality"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "faveō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to be kind to"
      },
      "expansion": "faveō (“to be kind to”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeh₂-",
        "4": "*bʰeh₂weh₁yeti",
        "5": "to be favourable to"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shine, glow light"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "favør",
        "3": "",
        "4": "favor"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "fabhar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish fabhar (“favor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "favors",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "favoring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "favored",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "favored",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in Canada",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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    "fa‧vor"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To look upon fondly; to prefer."
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        [
          "fond",
          "fond"
        ],
        [
          "prefer",
          "prefer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "guns"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔanʕama",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "⁧أَنْعَمَ⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "afavorir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "upřednostňovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "dávat přednost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "favorizovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "zvýhodňovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "favori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "favorigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "suosia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "favoriser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "favorecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "begünstigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "evnoó",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "ευνοώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "fabhraigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "preferire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "privilegiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kawaigaru",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "かわいがる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "choai suru",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "寵愛する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "enfavoreser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "favorizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "faveō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "addīcō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "towards a person",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "takahoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "popore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "mariu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "favouren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "beğenmek",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "⁧بگنمك⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "faworyzować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "favorecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "blagovolítʹ",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "благоволи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "preferir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 1 0 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
          "word": "favorecer"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Bert Casper, Shadow Upon the Dream: Book 1: Barrûn, page 537",
          "text": "[…] alone, without having to favor his right, uninjured leg, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use more often."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-verb-j93VNC9U",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)",
          "text": "These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To encourage, conduce to"
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-verb-U0jEs0uI",
      "links": [
        [
          "encourage",
          "encourage"
        ],
        [
          "conduce",
          "conduce"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Would you favor us with a poetry reading?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-verb-VneZrxgT",
      "links": [
        [
          "beneficence",
          "beneficence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oblagodetelstvam",
          "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
          "word": "облагодетелствам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
          "word": "bonvoli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
          "word": "tehdä palvelus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
          "word": "fare un favore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
          "word": "faveō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
          "word": "mariu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
          "word": "favouren"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Favoring your sore leg will only injure the other one.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat with care."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-verb-HyNWIEL2",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 95 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to treat with care",
          "word": "accudire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 95 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hiiki",
          "sense": "to treat with care",
          "word": "ひいきする"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 95 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūgū suru",
          "sense": "to treat with care",
          "word": "優遇する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 95 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chōai suru",
          "sense": "to treat with care",
          "word": "寵愛する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 0 95 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to treat with care",
          "word": "popore"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Louisiana English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Southern US English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug",
          "text": "‘Mandy?’ he said, and stared at the girl. ‘Don't favor her too much.’ ‘Favors her dad,’ Latha said, and looked at him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Rayford Clayton Reddell, Robert Galyean, Growing Fragrant Plants, page 13",
          "text": "[…] chamomile and apples? Those particular smellalikes tested our imagination. Yet much of what he said was right on the mark. The scent of sweet peas, for instance, does indeed favor that of wisteria.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Rick Bass, A Thousand Deer: Four Generations of Hunting and the Hill Country, page 63",
          "text": "The way things repeat themselves, across time — not just in the replications and recombinations of family and place (\"He favors his momma, she favors her daddy\"), but in the accretion of like patterns […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resemble; especially, to look like (another person)."
      ],
      "id": "en-favor-en-verb-uRBE8wJq",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in dialects, including Southern US and Louisiana) To resemble; especially, to look like (another person)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana",
        "Southern-US",
        "US",
        "in dialects",
        "including",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeɪvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeɪvə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-us-favor.ogg/En-us-favor.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-us-favor.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-favour.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/En-us-favour.ogg/En-us-favour.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/En-us-favour.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "Ireland"
      ],
      "word": "favour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "abet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "assist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "endorse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "proscribed",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "favoritize"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "favourite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sanction"
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "discriminate →",
      "word": "discrimination"
    },
    {
      "word": "disfavor"
    },
    {
      "word": "unfavor"
    },
    {
      "word": "harm"
    },
    {
      "word": "sabotage"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Requests for review of Esperanto translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "curry favor"
    },
    {
      "word": "every good boy deserves favor"
    },
    {
      "word": "favor bank"
    },
    {
      "word": "favorite"
    },
    {
      "word": "grace and favor"
    },
    {
      "word": "in favor → in favor of"
    },
    {
      "word": "kissing goes by favor"
    },
    {
      "word": "may the odds be ever in your favor"
    },
    {
      "word": "not do someone any favors"
    },
    {
      "word": "out of favor"
    },
    {
      "word": "party favor"
    },
    {
      "word": "return the favor"
    },
    {
      "word": "sexual favor"
    },
    {
      "word": "unfavor"
    },
    {
      "word": "without fear or favor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "favour"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English favour",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "favor",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "faver"
      },
      "expansion": "faver",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "favour"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman favour",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French favor",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "favor",
        "4": "",
        "5": "good will; kindness; partiality"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "faveō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to be kind to"
      },
      "expansion": "faveō (“to be kind to”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeh₂-",
        "4": "*bʰeh₂weh₁yeti",
        "5": "to be favourable to"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shine, glow light"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "favør",
        "3": "",
        "4": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish favør (“favor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "fabhar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish fabhar (“favor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old French favor, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Respelled in American English to more closely match its Latin etymon. Compare also Danish favør (“favor”), Irish fabhar (“favor”), from the same Romance source.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "favors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in Canada",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "favor (countable and uncountable, plural favors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fa‧vor"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "helpful",
          "helpful"
        ],
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She enjoyed the queen's favor.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to fall out of favor",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2",
          "text": "Samara: She confuses her victims, twists their feelings. They will do anything for her favor.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Goodwill; benevolent regard."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Goodwill",
          "goodwill"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "At the holiday dinner, the hosts had set a favor by each place setting.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "A marriage favour is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small gift; a party favor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "party favor",
          "party favor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lenity",
          "lenity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The object of regard; person or thing favoured."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Appearance; look; countenance; face."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Partiality; bias"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) Partiality; bias"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A letter, a written communication."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A letter, a written communication."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1853 May, E.R. Bowen, “Bride-Maids and Bride-Cake”, in Peterson's Magazine, volume 23, number 5, page 306",
          "text": "The bride favors, or true love knots, ancient symbols of love, faith, and friendship, pointing out the indisssoluble tie of affection and duty, did not, as might be supposed, take their name of true love knots from the words \"true\" and \"love,\", but from the Danish verb \"Trulofa,\" that is, \"I plight my troth of faith.\" These knots were formerly distributed in great abundance; were worn in the hats by gentlemen, and consisted of variously colored ribbons, which were chosen by the bride and her maids, sometimes after long and serious discussions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1898, Melvin Ballou Gilbert, The Director - Volume 1, page 210",
          "text": "Of all the new war cotillion favors yet devised there is hardly anything more novel than these. Aigrettes that are bunches of ribbons, red, white and blue, designed to be pinned in the hair at once, make up another favor.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1900, “From Abroad”, in The International, volume 8, page 415",
          "text": "Since the good news young folk—and old, too, for that matter—bedeck themselves with favors. Charms hand pendent from the watch chain, from neck pins.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Anthony G. Barrand, Six Fools and a Dancer: The Timeless Way of the Morris, page 178",
          "text": "We can and should borrow choice items, such as bell pads, favors and flowered hats , which can easily be adapted […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, R. Turner Wilcox, The Mode in Hats and Headdress, page 109",
          "text": "[…] honor was bestowed upon the latter because he was the proud possessor of luxurious blond hair and had the most beautiful single curl tied with a ribbon. The lovelock was thereafter called a cadcnettc and the ribbon bowknots, favors.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ribbon",
          "ribbon"
        ],
        [
          "adornment",
          "adornment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeɪvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeɪvə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/En-us-favour.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "aid"
    },
    {
      "word": "help"
    },
    {
      "word": "lending a hand"
    },
    {
      "word": "token"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "Ireland"
      ],
      "word": "favour"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maʕrūf",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧معروف⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "mesede"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "fabore"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "usluga",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "услуга"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "favor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "servei"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ēnhuì",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "恩惠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎoyì",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "好意"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "see also",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "幫忙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bāngmáng",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "帮忙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "laskavost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "pomoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "dienst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "gunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "favoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "palvelus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faveur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "favor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gefallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gefälligkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "ansts",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chári",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χάρη"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kháris",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χάρις"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tová",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧טובה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "szívesség"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "favore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōi",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "好意"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiiki",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "ひいき"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūgū",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "優遇"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chōai",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "寵愛"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kun",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "គុណ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "doum",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "도움"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yangbo",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "양보"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "favor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "hatir"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "venia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "usluga",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "услуга"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "fadhwila"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tjeneste"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "tenest"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teneste"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gonst"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "przysługa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "favor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "favoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uslúga",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "услу́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odolžénije",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "одолже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubéznostʹ",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "любе́зность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "rādhas",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "राधस्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vara",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "वर"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "usluga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "molba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "usluga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "favor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tjänst"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "paki-usap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "iyilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poslúha",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "послу́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "word": "ơn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cymwynas"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "kind or helpful deed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ffafr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "favor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "přízeň"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "word": "god vilje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "word": "suosio"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "favor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gnade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Huld"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "évnoia",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εύνοια"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eúnoia",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εὔνοια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "word": "kegy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "word": "jóindulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "word": "pártfogás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fabhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "word": "favore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōi",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "word": "好意"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gonscht"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foayr"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "word": "favour"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspoložénije",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "расположе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagosklónnostʹ",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "благоскло́нность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "favór",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фаво́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "favor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryxylʹnistʹ",
      "sense": "goodwill; benevolent regard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прихильність"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small gift",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pozornost"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "one set on dinner table etc.",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small gift",
      "word": "pöytälahja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "any small gift",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small gift",
      "word": "pikkulahja"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small gift",
      "word": "apró ajándék"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small gift",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bomboniera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mildness or mitigation of punishment",
      "word": "armo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "object of regard; person or thing favoured",
      "word": "suosikki"
    }
  ],
  "word": "favor"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "discriminate"
    },
    {
      "word": "disfavor"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Requests for review of Esperanto translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "favorable"
    },
    {
      "word": "favourable"
    },
    {
      "word": "favored"
    },
    {
      "word": "favoured"
    },
    {
      "word": "favorer"
    },
    {
      "word": "favourer"
    },
    {
      "word": "favorite"
    },
    {
      "word": "favourite"
    },
    {
      "word": "favoritism"
    },
    {
      "word": "favouritism"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "favour"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English favour",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "favor",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "faver"
      },
      "expansion": "faver",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "favour"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman favour",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French favor",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "favor",
        "4": "",
        "5": "good will; kindness; partiality"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "faveō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to be kind to"
      },
      "expansion": "faveō (“to be kind to”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeh₂-",
        "4": "*bʰeh₂weh₁yeti",
        "5": "to be favourable to"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shine, glow light"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "favør",
        "3": "",
        "4": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish favør (“favor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "fabhar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "favor"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish fabhar (“favor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old French favor, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Respelled in American English to more closely match its Latin etymon. Compare also Danish favør (“favor”), Irish fabhar (“favor”), from the same Romance source.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "favors",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "favoring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "favored",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "favored",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in Canada",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "favor (third-person singular simple present favors, present participle favoring, simple past and past participle favored)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fa‧vor"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To look upon fondly; to prefer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fond",
          "fond"
        ],
        [
          "prefer",
          "prefer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Bert Casper, Shadow Upon the Dream: Book 1: Barrûn, page 537",
          "text": "[…] alone, without having to favor his right, uninjured leg, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use more often."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)",
          "text": "These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To encourage, conduce to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "encourage",
          "encourage"
        ],
        [
          "conduce",
          "conduce"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Would you favor us with a poetry reading?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beneficence",
          "beneficence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Favoring your sore leg will only injure the other one.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat with care."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Louisiana English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Southern US English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug",
          "text": "‘Mandy?’ he said, and stared at the girl. ‘Don't favor her too much.’ ‘Favors her dad,’ Latha said, and looked at him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Rayford Clayton Reddell, Robert Galyean, Growing Fragrant Plants, page 13",
          "text": "[…] chamomile and apples? Those particular smellalikes tested our imagination. Yet much of what he said was right on the mark. The scent of sweet peas, for instance, does indeed favor that of wisteria.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Rick Bass, A Thousand Deer: Four Generations of Hunting and the Hill Country, page 63",
          "text": "The way things repeat themselves, across time — not just in the replications and recombinations of family and place (\"He favors his momma, she favors her daddy\"), but in the accretion of like patterns […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resemble; especially, to look like (another person)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in dialects, including Southern US and Louisiana) To resemble; especially, to look like (another person)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana",
        "Southern-US",
        "US",
        "in dialects",
        "including",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeɪvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeɪvə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-us-favor.ogg/En-us-favor.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-us-favor.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-favour.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/En-us-favour.ogg/En-us-favour.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/En-us-favour.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "abet"
    },
    {
      "word": "assist"
    },
    {
      "word": "endorse"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "proscribed",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "favoritize"
    },
    {
      "word": "favourite"
    },
    {
      "word": "sanction"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "Ireland"
      ],
      "word": "favour"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "guns"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔanʕama",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "⁧أَنْعَمَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "afavorir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "upřednostňovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "dávat přednost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "favorizovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "zvýhodňovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "favori"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "favorigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "suosia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "favoriser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "favorecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "begünstigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "evnoó",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "ευνοώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "fabhraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "preferire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "privilegiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kawaigaru",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "かわいがる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "choai suru",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "寵愛する"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "enfavoreser"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "favorizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "faveō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "addīcō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "towards a person",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "takahoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "popore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "mariu"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "favouren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "beğenmek",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "⁧بگنمك⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "faworyzować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "favorecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagovolítʹ",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "благоволи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "preferir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to look upon fondly; to prefer",
      "word": "favorecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oblagodetelstvam",
      "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
      "word": "облагодетелствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
      "word": "bonvoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
      "word": "tehdä palvelus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
      "word": "fare un favore"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
      "word": "faveō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
      "word": "mariu"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward",
      "word": "favouren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to treat with care",
      "word": "accudire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiiki",
      "sense": "to treat with care",
      "word": "ひいきする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūgū suru",
      "sense": "to treat with care",
      "word": "優遇する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chōai suru",
      "sense": "to treat with care",
      "word": "寵愛する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to treat with care",
      "word": "popore"
    }
  ],
  "word": "favor"
}

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