favourite

adjectivenounverbcommon in dialogue

//ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt//

Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)

adjective

1
Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
This is my favourite day!
I saw a hilariously funny movie with all of my favourite comedians in it.
The Nanny is one of Pippa's favourite shows, but tonight the pleasure of mindlessly blobbing out in her usual Sunday-laid-back-luxury style...
2
Liked, cherished.
What joy has this dog in miſchief!—More than I can have in the completion of my moſt favourite purpoſes!

Etymology

Attested from the 1580s, borrowed from Middle French favorit, from Old French favorit or Italian favorito (“favoured, favourite”), past participle of Italian favorire (“to favor”), from favore, from Latin favor (“good will, favor”), from the verb faveō (“to favour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Doublet of favori.

noun

1
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
The teacher's favourite always went first.
2
A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
3
A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
You were my favourite to win the spelling competition.
She's the favourite, she'll probably be elected.
Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.
4
A bookmark on a web browser or website.
5
A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
the Favourites hang loose upon the Temples with a languishing Lock in the middle

verb

1
To favour.
2
To bookmark.
3
To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.

Forms

plural: favourites
comparative: more favourite
superlative: most favourite, favouritemost, favouritest
past tense: favourited
past participle: favourited
present participle: favouriting
third person singular: favourites

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