favor

«favor» in Mova's school dictionary: a kind act done for someone: «Will you do me a favor?» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (favor, favors); verb (favor, favors, favored, favoring) (American spelling; British spelling is «favour»)

meaning for a pupil

1) A favor is a kind act done for someone: «Will you do me a favor?» tree →

2) Favor is help or support: a wind in favor of one ship. tree →

3) Favor is approval or liking: to win someone's favor. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a kind act, or the good will of a king or of fortune

examples

• Will you do me a favor? tree →
• The wind was in our favor. tree →
• Pinocchio won everybody's favor. tree →
• The king showed favor to the youngest son. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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