favourite

«favourite» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the thing or person you like best of all — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (favourite); noun (a favourite, favourites)

meaning for a pupil

1) Your favourite is the thing or person you like best of all. tree →

2) Favourite as an adjective means liked the most, like your favourite colour or food. tree →

3) In a race or contest, the favourite is the one expected to win. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means a beloved or honored woman at court. In the primary lessons: In everyday conversation, children talk about their favourite food, book, animal, game and colour, which is a good way to make friends. In maths, a tally chart or bar chart of «our class's favourite fruit» is a classic survey; the favourite is the bar that is tallest (the mode). In fairness lessons, teachers should not have favourites. Phrases: my favourite, all-time favourite, an old favourite, play favourites.

examples

• Kings' daughters are among thy favourites; at thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir. (Writings PSA.45.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• What's your favourite colour? tree →
• Pizza is my favourite food. tree →
• This book is an old favourite. tree →
• Our survey showed apples are the class's favourite fruit. tree →
• Which animal is your favourite? tree →
• She's the favourite to win the race. tree →
• It's not fair for teachers to have favourites. tree →
• That song is my all-time favourite. tree →
• Her favourite flowers were the dittany, poppy, and lily. tree →

note

British, Irish, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian spelling: favourite; American spelling: favorite. «Favourite» already means «most liked», so «most favourite» is not needed. In survey problems, the favourite is the answer with the biggest number.

In the corpora

• Kings' daughters are among thy favourites; at thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
• Rewatching a favourite film is a comfort at any age; grown-ups do it too.
• A bad picture fades faster if you fill your head with something else, like a favourite place, a game or a song.
• Sea otters smash shellfish on a stone laid on the chest and keep a favourite stone in a loose skin pocket under the arm.
• "chuān duō diǎnr" means "wear more layers!", the favourite advice of grandparents, even in spring.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «favourite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.