play favorites in English

Forms: plays favorites [present, singular, third-person], playing favorites [participle, present], played favorites [participle, past], played favorites [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play favorites (third-person singular simple present plays favorites, present participle playing favorites, simple past and past participle played favorites)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays favorites",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing favorites",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played favorites",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played favorites",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To show favoritism towards one party."
      ],
      "id": "en-play_favorites-en-verb-D5DUeHas",
      "links": [
        [
          "favoritism",
          "favoritism"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "favoritize"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "play favourites"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "play favorites"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays favorites",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing favorites",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played favorites",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played favorites",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To show favoritism towards one party."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "favoritism",
          "favoritism"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "favoritize"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "play favourites"
    }
  ],
  "word": "play favorites"
}

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"play favorites" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms