favourite
Britishadjective
noun
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a person or thing regarded with especial preference or liking
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( as modifier )
a favourite book
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sport a competitor thought likely to win
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(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
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to display favouritism
Etymology
Origin of favourite
C16: from Italian favorito , from favorire to favour, from Latin favēre
Example Sentences
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While her least favourite of the sprint disciplines, that continues to involve winters focused on shaving time off her 60m best, which she again lowered this season to 7.04 - the eighth-fastest worldwide this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Heisenberg: Wilson is a former FPL favourite of mine, but I cannot see him getting many minutes for Brentford with Igor Thiago leading the line.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Under the current system, viewers can vote up to 10 times for their favourite act by phone, text message or online.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
What are your favourite new kits for the coming season?
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He’d brought six of his favourite books: Great Expectations, Kidnapped, The Witches, A Wrinkle in Time, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and of course Blink’s red book of poetry.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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