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favourite

British  

/ ˈfeɪvrɪt, ˈfeɪvərɪt /

adjective

1. (prenominal) most liked; preferred above all others

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noun

1. 1. a person or thing regarded with especial preference or liking

   2. ( as modifier )

      a favourite book

2. sport a competitor thought likely to win

3. (pl) computing a place on certain browsers that allows internet users to list the addresses of websites they find and like with a click of the mouse so that they can revisit them merely by opening the list and clicking on the address

4. to display favouritism

Etymology

Origin of favourite

C16: from Italian favorito , from favorire to favour, from Latin favēre

Example Sentences

As if to prove it, the rock frontman has gone back to his post-grunge, punk roots on Foo Fighters' 12th album, Your Favourite Toy.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

No writing by me so far, except the essays we had to crank out on uninspiring topics such as My Favourite Pet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Despite them, however, McDonald has a book about streaming out this month, “You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024

Favourite Teahupoo, ridden by Jack Kennedy, won the Stayers' Hurdle to give trainer Gordon Elliott his first win of the week.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024

That Monarch signified to the Duke that he would do well to remove his Favourite, who was therefore oblig'd to retire to Swisserland.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von