favorite
part of speech
adjective (favorite; British favourite); noun (a favorite, favorites)
meaning for a pupil
1) Your favorite is the one you like best. tree →
2) A favorite is a person or team that most people think will win. tree →
3) A favorite can be someone liked more than others, which may be unfair. tree →
sense in the lessons
maths: a story word; sometimes in surveys counting favorite fruits or colours (tally charts, bar graphs: each favorite is a label of a group counted); school: favorite book, favorite subject; everyday life: favorite food, toy or song
examples
- Her favorite fruit is apples. tree →
- 12 children said red is their favorite color. tree →
- He bought 3 of his favorite books. tree →
- How many chose dogs as their favorite? tree →
- What is your favorite subject? tree →
- We made a bar graph of favorite pets. tree →
- This song is my favorite. tree →
- The blue team is the favorite to win. tree →
- Another favorite pastime of Kintaro’s was to smash up rocks and stones. tree →
note
No operation clue; in surveys, it is the label of a group counted. Trap: none. US spelling «favorite», British «favourite».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «favorite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.