favourite

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(BrE) (AmE favorite) noun

1 sb/sth that you like more than others

ADJECTIVE

▪ absolute, big, firm (BrE), great, hands-down (AmE), huge (esp. BrE), particular, special

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This painting is a particular favourite of mine.

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The movie is one of my absolute favourites.

▪ all-time, established, long-time, old, perennial, traditional

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This movie is my all-time favourite.

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You will find all your old favourites in this book of poems.

▪ new

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They perform their greatest hit and a new favourite.

▪ family, personal, popular

▪ cult

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The movie has become a cult favourite.

▪ sentimental

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He began recording sentimental favourites.

▪ fan (esp. AmE)

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a theme song that remains a fan favourite

▪ audience, crowd

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The band started with a crowd favourite.

▪ holiday (esp. AmE)

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It may become a holiday favourite on video.

▪ childhood

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They were singing their childhood favourite, ‘Waterloo’.

VERB + FAVOURITE/FAVORITE

▪ become

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‘Show Me Love’ became a festival favourite.

▪ remain

▪ choose, pick

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If I had to choose a favourite, it would be Monet's ‘Water Lilies’.

PREPOSITION

▪ favourite among

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He is a favourite among his teammates.

▪ favourite for

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The forest was a favourite for family walks.

▪ favourite of

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This song is an old favourite of mine.

▪ favourite with

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The song is a firm favourite with their fans.

2 competitor expected to win

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, clear, clear-cut, firm (BrE), heavy (esp. AmE), hot, odds-on, overwhelming, red-hot (BrE), solid (esp. AmE), strong

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She is odds-on favourite to win an award.

▪ second

▪ joint (BrE)

▪ slight

▪ early

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China was the early favourite to win the bidding.

▪ even-money

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The horse is an even-money favourite.

▪ 2–1, etc.

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Tiger Woods is 3–2 favourite to win the Challenge.

▪ 3-point, 6-point, 12-point, etc. (all AmE)

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The Colts are 5.5–point favourites at San Francisco this week

▪ home (esp. BrE), hometown (esp. AmE), local

▪ race, title (BrE)

▪ pre-season

▪ prohibitive (AmE)

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Gunn and Moran are prohibitive favourites.

VERB + FAVOURITE/FAVORITE

▪ look (BrE), look like, start (as)

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On paper, Stanford looks like the favourite.

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The Brazilians still look firm favourites to take the title.

▪ emerge as

PREPOSITION

▪ favourite for

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Jopanini is second favourite for Saturday's race.

PHRASES

▪ favourite to win

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The Spanish are the favourites to win.

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adj.

Favourite/favorite is used with these nouns: ↑author, ↑bar, ↑blog, ↑book, ↑brand, ↑cause, ↑celebrity, ↑charity, ↑cousin, ↑customer, ↑destination, ↑dish, ↑expression, ↑feature, ↑food, ↑haunt, ↑hobby, ↑kind, ↑meal, ↑memory, ↑pastime, ↑piece, ↑ploy, ↑pub, ↑pursuit, ↑recipe, ↑record, ↑resort, ↑retreat, ↑saying, ↑site, ↑spot, ↑subject, ↑target, ↑theme, ↑topic, ↑toy, ↑tune, ↑type, ↑uncle, ↑website, ↑writer