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favour  (favours plural & 3rd person present) (favouring present participle) (favoured past tense & past participle )
in AM, use  favor  
1  n-uncount If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them. 
It remains to be seen if the show will still find favour with a 1990s audience..., No one would look with favour on the continuing military rule..., He has won favour with a wide range of interest groups.  
2  n-count If you  do someone  a favour, you do something for them even though you do not have to. 
I've come to ask you to do me a favour...  
3  verb If you favour something, you prefer it to the other choices available. 
The French say they favour a transition to democracy...  V n 
He favours bringing the UN into touch with `modern realities'.  V -ing 
4  verb If you favour someone, you treat them better or in a kinder way than you treat other people. 
The Government came under fire yesterday for favouring elitist arts groups in the South-east...  V n 
5 If you are in favour of  something, you support it and think that it is a good thing. 
♦ in favour  phrase oft v-link PHR, PHR of n 
I wouldn't be in favour of income tax cuts..., Yet this is a Government which proclaims that it is all in favour of openness..., The vote passed with 111 in favour and 25 against.  
6 If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something. 
♦ in sb's favour  phrase PHR after v 
If the commission rules in Mr Welch's favour the case will go to the European Court of Human Rights.  
7 If something is in your favour, it helps you or gives you an advantage. 
♦ in sb's favour  phrase n PHR, PHR after v, v-link PHR 
Firms are trying to shift the balance of power in the labour market back in their favour.  
8 If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first. 
♦ in favour of  phrase PHR n, usu PHR after v 
The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.  
9 If someone or something is in favour, people like or support them. If they are out of favour, people no longer like or support them. 
♦ in favour/out of favour  phrase v-link PHR