"favoured" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfeɪ.vɚd/ [General-American], /ˈfeɪ.vəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-favoured.ogg [US] Forms: more favoured [comparative], most favoured [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} favoured (comparative more favoured, superlative most favoured)
  1. Treated or regarded with partiality. Translations (treated or regarded with partiality): привилегирован (privilegirovan) (Bulgarian), kivételezett (Hungarian), rorotu (Maori), agraciado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-favoured-en-adj-fsmGdkaW Disambiguation of 'treated or regarded with partiality': 98 1 1
  2. (in combination) Having a certain appearance or physical features. Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-favoured-en-adj-N8wxiVon
  3. (dated) Wearing a favour. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-favoured-en-adj-ihTxUM-5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: favored (english: American), favor’d [obsolete], favour’d [obsolete] Derived forms: hard-favoured, ill-favoured, most favoured nation, well-favoured

Verb

IPA: /ˈfeɪ.vɚd/ [General-American], /ˈfeɪ.vəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-favoured.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} favoured
  1. simple past and past participle of favour Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: favour Related terms: favour
    Sense id: en-favoured-en-verb-stjzVE0h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 9 26 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: favored (english: American), favor’d [obsolete], favour’d [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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