- favour
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE favor) noun1 sth that helps sbADJECTIVE▪ big, great, huge▪ little, small▪ special▪ personal▪
As a personal favour to me, please don't release my story to the press.
▪ last▪She had one last favour to ask her brother.
▪ political, sexualVERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR▪ ask▪I came here to ask you a big favour.
▪ expect▪I don't expect any favours from my friends on the tennis court.
▪ bestow, do, grant sb▪Rodrigo accepted the favours bestowed on him by the new king.
▪Do yourself a favour and cut your credit cards in half.
▪ owe sb▪I'll ask Jane. She owes me a favour.
▪ repay, return▪Thanks very much. I'll return the favour one day.
▪ seek▪ need▪He needed another favour from her.
▪ get, obtain▪ accept, receive2 approval or support for sb/sthADJECTIVE▪ good, great, high, particular▪Traditionally, vigilante groups have found greater favour on the political right.
▪He stood in high favour at the court of Lewis the Pious.
▪ divine, government, political, royal▪In the Christian tradition, the world exists only as an act of divine favour.
▪ public▪This did not meet with public favour.
VERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR▪ be in, enjoy, have▪The bishop was said to have enjoyed the king's favour.
▪ find, gain, win▪Her political views have not found favour in recent years.
▪ court, curry, seek▪Why are we trying to court the favour of critics?
▪He tried to curry favour with the teachers.
▪Artists sought the favour of wealthy patrons.
▪ show▪As an examiner, she showed no favour to any candidate.
▪ be out of▪ fall from, fall out of, lose▪The senior officials were punished and rapidly fell from favour.
▪This idea has long since fallen out of favour.
▪ be back in, bring sth back into, come back into▪A style of art can go out of fashion and then come back into favour fifty years later.
▪ argue in, speak in▪She argued in favour of this policy.
▪ speak out in▪No one was willing to speak out in favour of their colleague.
▪ come down in, come out in, decide in, find in, resolve in, rule in, vote in▪The committee came down in favour of setting up a national body.
▪The court found in favour of the plaintiffs.
▪ work in▪Environmental conservation generally works in favour of maintaining the status quo.
▪ go in▪The golf tournament went in the Americans' favour (= they won).
PREPOSITION▪ in favour of▪He is strongly in favour of capital punishment.
▪Early in his musical career he abandoned blues in favour of jazz.
▪ in sb's/sth's favour▪This piece of software has two points in its favour: it's fast and inexpensive.
▪ favour among▪This argument found favour among advocates of multiculturalism.
▪ favour with▪She is too popular with the public to find much favour with the critics.
PHRASES▪ an argument in sb/sth's favour▪an argument in favour of censorship
▪ a bias in sb/sth's favour▪ look with favour on sb/sth, look with favour upon sb/sth▪Depth of training is looked upon with favour by many employers.
▪ without fear or favour (= in a fair way){{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}(BrE) (AmE favor) verbADVERB▪ greatly, heavily, overwhelmingly, strongly▪We strongly favour reform of the system.
▪ especially, particularly▪Haitians especially favour seafoods.
▪ clearly▪ increasingly▪Pot plants are increasingly favoured as gifts by guests.
▪ slightly▪The polls slightly favour the Republicans.
▪ consistently▪ personally▪I personally favour this last option.
▪ traditionallyVERB + FAVOUR/FAVOR▪ appear to, be known to, be likely to, be thought to, seem to, tend to▪The prime minister is thought to favour an early referendum on the issue.
▪ continue to▪She continues to favour large-scale developments.
PREPOSITION▪ at the expense of▪He favoured some individuals at the expense of others.
▪ for▪The Democrat candidate is favoured for re-election.
▪ over▪News coverage should not favour one party over another.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
