"favouritise" meaning in English

See favouritise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: favouritises [present, singular, third-person], favouritising [participle, present], favouritised [participle, past], favouritised [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} favouritise (third-person singular simple present favouritises, present participle favouritising, simple past and past participle favouritised)
  1. Alternative form of favoritize Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: favoritize
    Sense id: en-favouritise-en-verb-AWC4voT3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for favouritise meaning in English (1.9kB)

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