favouritefavoriten.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfeɪv(ə)rᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈfeɪv(ə)rᵻt/

Forms: Also 1500s favorit, 1600s faforeite, favoret.

Etymology: < Old French favorit (Cotgrave), variant of favori, past participle of favorir to favour; = Italian favorito, Spanish favorito, Portuguese favorito.

A. n.

a. A person or thing regarded with peculiar favour, one preferred above others. Const. of, with.

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the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet

darlingc888

favoura1387

dandilly?a1513

tidling1520

marmoset1523

white son1539

minion1566

favourite1582

white boyc1600

feddle1611

dautie1676

inclination1691

mother's pet1819

fair-haired boy1822

pet1825

white-haired boy1829

petsywetsy1847

blue-eyed boy1919

fave1938

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 2 This Iuno fearing, and old broyls bluddye recounting, Vsd by her Greeke fauorits.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 175 This new Favorite Of Heav'n, this Man of Clay.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. viii. 58 There is another man, who is the favourite of his country.

1781 T. Gilbert Plan Relief Poor 9 Some of these Parish Officers are too apt to gratify themselves and their Favourites.

1802 W. Wordsworth To Daisy 80 Thou not in vain Art Nature's favorite.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xix. 235 Their cousin Jane..was the general favourite .

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila ii. i. 56 The king smiled slightly at the ardour of the favourite of his army.

1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion I. ii. vii Of all operas, this was Flemming's favorite.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. vii. 155 Some persons are..favourites of heaven.

b. Horse Racing, etc. The competitor or competing animal generally favoured or ‘fancied’, as being most likely to win.

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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > favourite

favourite1813

raging favourite1886

co-favourite1922

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > favourite in a race

favourite1813

hotpot1904

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance

lightweight1773

sticker1779

maiden1807

favourite1813

mile-horse1829

outsider1836

heavyweight1857

stayer1862

stoner1862

rank outsider1869

pick1872

pot1874

timer1881

resurrectionist1883

short head1883

pea1888

cert1889

stiffa1890

wrong 'un1889

on the mark1890

place horse1890

top-weight1892

miler1894

also-ran1895

selection1901

loser1902

hotpot1904

roughie1908

co-favourite1922

readier1922

springer1922

fav1935

scratch1938

no-hoper1943

shoo-in1950

scorer1974

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > favourite

good thing1735

favourite1813

pea1888

cert1889

selection1901

nap1926

nap selection1927

stickout1930

shoo-in1950

1813 Examiner 12 Apr. 240/1 By the 3d round, Carter became the favourite (as it is termed).

1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iv. 26 All the favourites were out of the race early.

1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner I. ii. 20 He was a student of mark,—first favorite of his year, as they say of the Derby colts.

2. One who stands unduly high in the favour of a prince, etc.; one chosen as an intimate by a superior. Const. †to.

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the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet > of prince or superior

favourite1600

culminant1654

gracioso1663

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. i. 9 Like fauourites, Made proud by princes.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. i. 237 A Favourite is a Court-diall, whereon all look whilest the King shines on him.

1660 T. Forde Theatre of Wits 36 in Virtus Rediviva The Duke of Suilli was a Favourite to Henry the 4th.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 95 Committing to a wicked Favourite All publick cares.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvii. 443 He bestowed on his favourites the palaces which he had built.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 201 The favourite [sc. Piers Gaveston] was a fine soldier.

3. [Compare French favoris whiskers.] A curl or lock of hair hanging loose upon the temple: worn in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun]

feak1548

lovelock1592

crisple1594

curl1604

cockle1608

crisp1638

ringlet1645

cockera1653

heartbreaker1654

moustache1662

confidenta1685

cruchea1685

passagerea1685

favourite1690

wimpler1724

cannon1774

whisker1786

favori1801

curlet1803

tendril1814

sausage curl1828

spit-curl1831

crimp1855

curdle1860

number sices1861

whiskerette1880

1690 Songs Costume (Percy Soc.) 189 Frelange, Fontagne, favorite.

1720 J. Gay Espousal 74 in Poems II. 376 Sooner I would..with immodest fav'rites shade my face.

1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 78 They [curls]..ill deserved the name of ‘favourites’.

†4. [Perhaps apprehended as if < favour n. + -ite suffix¹.] = favourer n. 1. Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend

friendOE

wineOE

fellowa1225

friendmana1250

lovera1275

amic1330

gossipc1390

mikea1400

ally1406

amykec1450

favourer1483

favourite1590

palc1770

butty1791

amigo1813

amico1820

compadre1834

pally1863

tillicum1869

nigger1884

buddy1895

paxc1900

mutual1901

righto1908

segotia1917

bud1924

palsy1930

palsy-walsy1932

buddy-buddy1943

winger1943

mucker1947

main man1956

goombah1968

gabba1970

money1982

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C2^v Neither the breeders nor fauorites of discord.

1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. Pref. sig. ¶¶2^v They haue preuailed but too much alreadie with their too credulous fauourites.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 190 This factious bandying of their Fauourites .

5. Ombre and Quadrille. = favourite suit at sense B. 2.

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1763 S. Lennox Lett. (1901) I. 132 Mr. Bunbury and I won a vole in favourite in the last deal of all some time ago.

B. adj.

a. Regarded with especial favour, liking, or preference; beloved, chosen, favoured above others.Not regarded as an adjective by Johnson, who places quots. 1711, 1725 under the noun.

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the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective] > favourite

fancied1589

favourite1711

minion1715

pet1819

fair-haired1822

fave1938

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 262. ¶9 Every particular Master in this Art [sc. criticism] has his favourite Passages in an Author.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 402 So Fathers speak..Their sage experience to the fav'rite child.

1748 T. Gray in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. (title of poem) Ode on the death of a favourite cat.

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxxix. 22 When Fortune fled her spoil'd and favourite child.

1830 F. A. Kemble Let. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) II. iii. 106 Portia is my favouritest of all Shakespeare's women.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 52 Their favourite anecdotes had all been told.

b. favorite son n. U.S. (a) ‘a commendatory title given to George Washington’ ( D.A.E.); (b) ‘a man who has endeared himself to a particular country or state, used esp. of a candidate for high office favored by the constituency or political leaders of the state from which he comes’ ( D.A.E.). Also transferred.

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the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > man endeared to particular country or state

favorite son1788

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > in a republic > in U.S. > specific U.S. presidents

favorite son1788

Old Hickory1815

O.K.1840

tycoon1861

1788 R. Platt in F. Moss Amer. Metropolis (1897) I. ii. 266 Motto: Freedom's favorite son.

1789 N.Y. Daily Gaz. 1 May 426/1 Washington, the favourite son of liberty, and deliverer of his country.

1806 J. Milner in C. L. Lewis Romantic Decatur (1937) viii. 85 That country welcomes your return to her bosom. She hails you as one of her favorite sons.

1835 D. Crockett Life Van Buren 198 The views and wishes of your ‘favourite son’.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxx. 552 A Favourite Son is a politician respected or admired in his own State, but little regarded beyond it.

1962 Guardian 27 Nov. 9/1 The rumbustious campaigning of Bavaria's ‘favourite son’, the Federal Minister of Defence, Herr Strauss.

1963 Guardian 22 Jan. 8/6 The Leeds constituency parties are..open-minded about their candidates, not reserving places for some trade union's favourite son.

2. Ombre and Quadrille. favourite suit: the suit which has preference over the others. See also A. 5.

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1820 E. Hoyle Games (1835) 281 The favourite suit is determined, either by drawing a card, or otherwise fixing upon a suit at the commencement of the party; and during the whole game, each player, asking leave in that suit, has a preference before others who have a good hand in a different suit.

3. favourite sentence attributive (see quot. 1964).

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adjective] > relating to a sentence > common to large number of sentences

favourite sentence1933

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xi. 171 Certain forms [of sentence-type] are favorite sentence-forms.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xi. 172 In English we have two favorite sentence-forms. One consists of actor-action phrases—John ran away... The other consists of a command..Be good!

1942 B. Bloch & G. L. Trager Outl. Ling. Anal. v. 74 Let us look briefly at the English actor-action construction. The most striking thing about it is its universality: it is the favorite-sentence type of English.

1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics vi. 232 The patterns common to large numbers of the sentences of a language may be called its favourite sentence types.

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A link to a web page stored by the user in a web browser in order to enable quick access in future.In some browsers such links are called bookmarks; cf. bookmark n. 3.

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1995 RE: MS Internet Explorer 2.0 (beta) in comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 10 Oct. I wish IE stored favorites in an HTML file like Netscape.

1997 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 18 Feb. 12 Look at your own bookmarks, or favourites, stored in your browser. They reveal what news you want to read, what places you want to visit.

2013 @mommy3sons 19 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Great website going to add to my favorites.

In the context of social media: a posting, user profile, etc., flagged so as to store a link to it for quick access, typically by clicking on a particular icon; an act of marking a posting or profile in this way, regarded as an expression of approval or support. Cf. like n.² 4.Frequently with reference to a function on the social media service Twitter from 2007 to 2015 (cf. quot. 2008); the function was subsequently replaced by one for recording ‘likes’.

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2003 www.deviantart.com 9 Nov. (comment on posting) (O.E.D. Archive) You drew Gregorio! So I immediately love and must add as a favorite.

2008 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 3 Dec. If you read a tweet that you really like, you can save it as a favorite by selecting a small star beside the tweet.

2010 @jamesjimmy23 12 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Wow, that last tweet got lots of..favorites.

2017 R. Desjardins Transl. & Social Media iii. 42 A new generation of translators..for whom symbolic remuneration in the form of social media validation (Facebook ‘likes’, Twitter ‘favourites’..) might be as rewarding as the traditional paycheque.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	favourite
释义	favouritefavoriten.adj. Brit. /ˈfeɪv(ə)rᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfeɪv(ə)rᵻt/ Forms: Also 1500s favorit, 1600s faforeite, favoret. Etymology: < Old French favorit (Cotgrave), variant of favori, past participle of favorir to favour; = Italian favorito, Spanish favorito, Portuguese favorito. A. n. 1. a. A person or thing regarded with peculiar favour, one preferred above others. Const. of, with. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet darlingc888 favoura1387 dandilly?a1513 tidling1520 marmoset1523 white son1539 minion1566 favourite1582 white boyc1600 feddle1611 dautie1676 inclination1691 mother's pet1819 fair-haired boy1822 pet1825 white-haired boy1829 petsywetsy1847 blue-eyed boy1919 fave1938 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 2 This Iuno fearing, and old broyls bluddye recounting, Vsd by her Greeke fauorits. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 175 This new Favorite Of Heav'n, this Man of Clay. View more context for this quotation 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. viii. 58 There is another man, who is the favourite of his country. 1781 T. Gilbert Plan Relief Poor 9 Some of these Parish Officers are too apt to gratify themselves and their Favourites. 1802 W. Wordsworth To Daisy 80 Thou not in vain Art Nature's favorite. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xix. 235 Their cousin Jane..was the general favourite . View more context for this quotation 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila ii. i. 56 The king smiled slightly at the ardour of the favourite of his army. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion I. ii. vii Of all operas, this was Flemming's favorite. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. vii. 155 Some persons are..favourites of heaven. b. Horse Racing, etc. The competitor or competing animal generally favoured or ‘fancied’, as being most likely to win. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > favourite favourite1813 raging favourite1886 co-favourite1922 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > favourite in a race favourite1813 hotpot1904 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance lightweight1773 sticker1779 maiden1807 favourite1813 mile-horse1829 outsider1836 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 stoner1862 rank outsider1869 pick1872 pot1874 timer1881 resurrectionist1883 short head1883 pea1888 cert1889 stiffa1890 wrong 'un1889 on the mark1890 place horse1890 top-weight1892 miler1894 also-ran1895 selection1901 loser1902 hotpot1904 roughie1908 co-favourite1922 readier1922 springer1922 fav1935 scratch1938 no-hoper1943 shoo-in1950 scorer1974 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > favourite good thing1735 favourite1813 pea1888 cert1889 selection1901 nap1926 nap selection1927 stickout1930 shoo-in1950 1813 Examiner 12 Apr. 240/1 By the 3d round, Carter became the favourite (as it is termed). 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iv. 26 All the favourites were out of the race early. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner I. ii. 20 He was a student of mark,—first favorite of his year, as they say of the Derby colts. 2. One who stands unduly high in the favour of a prince, etc.; one chosen as an intimate by a superior. Const. †to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet > of prince or superior favourite1600 culminant1654 gracioso1663 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. i. 9 Like fauourites, Made proud by princes. View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. i. 237 A Favourite is a Court-diall, whereon all look whilest the King shines on him. 1660 T. Forde Theatre of Wits 36 in Virtus Rediviva The Duke of Suilli was a Favourite to Henry the 4th. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 95 Committing to a wicked Favourite All publick cares. View more context for this quotation 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvii. 443 He bestowed on his favourites the palaces which he had built. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 201 The favourite [sc. Piers Gaveston] was a fine soldier. 3. [Compare French favoris whiskers.] A curl or lock of hair hanging loose upon the temple: worn in the 17th and 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun] feak1548 lovelock1592 crisple1594 curl1604 cockle1608 crisp1638 ringlet1645 cockera1653 heartbreaker1654 moustache1662 confidenta1685 cruchea1685 passagerea1685 favourite1690 wimpler1724 cannon1774 whisker1786 favori1801 curlet1803 tendril1814 sausage curl1828 spit-curl1831 crimp1855 curdle1860 number sices1861 whiskerette1880 1690 Songs Costume (Percy Soc.) 189 Frelange, Fontagne, favorite. 1720 J. Gay Espousal 74 in Poems II. 376 Sooner I would..with immodest fav'rites shade my face. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 78 They [curls]..ill deserved the name of ‘favourites’. †4. [Perhaps apprehended as if < favour n. + -ite suffix¹.] = favourer n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend friendOE wineOE fellowa1225 friendmana1250 lovera1275 amic1330 gossipc1390 mikea1400 ally1406 amykec1450 favourer1483 favourite1590 palc1770 butty1791 amigo1813 amico1820 compadre1834 pally1863 tillicum1869 nigger1884 buddy1895 paxc1900 mutual1901 righto1908 segotia1917 bud1924 palsy1930 palsy-walsy1932 buddy-buddy1943 winger1943 mucker1947 main man1956 goombah1968 gabba1970 money1982 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C2^v Neither the breeders nor fauorites of discord. 1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. Pref. sig. ¶¶2^v They haue preuailed but too much alreadie with their too credulous fauourites. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 190 This factious bandying of their Fauourites . View more context for this quotation 5. Ombre and Quadrille. = favourite suit at sense B. 2. ΚΠ 1763 S. Lennox Lett. (1901) I. 132 Mr. Bunbury and I won a vole in favourite in the last deal of all some time ago. B. adj. 1. a. Regarded with especial favour, liking, or preference; beloved, chosen, favoured above others.Not regarded as an adjective by Johnson, who places quots. 1711, 1725 under the noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective] > favourite fancied1589 favourite1711 minion1715 pet1819 fair-haired1822 fave1938 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 262. ¶9 Every particular Master in this Art [sc. criticism] has his favourite Passages in an Author. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 402 So Fathers speak..Their sage experience to the fav'rite child. 1748 T. Gray in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. (title of poem) Ode on the death of a favourite cat. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxxix. 22 When Fortune fled her spoil'd and favourite child. 1830 F. A. Kemble Let. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) II. iii. 106 Portia is my favouritest of all Shakespeare's women. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 52 Their favourite anecdotes had all been told. b. favorite son n. U.S. (a) ‘a commendatory title given to George Washington’ ( D.A.E.); (b) ‘a man who has endeared himself to a particular country or state, used esp. of a candidate for high office favored by the constituency or political leaders of the state from which he comes’ ( D.A.E.). Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > man endeared to particular country or state favorite son1788 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > in a republic > in U.S. > specific U.S. presidents favorite son1788 Old Hickory1815 O.K.1840 tycoon1861 1788 R. Platt in F. Moss Amer. Metropolis (1897) I. ii. 266 Motto: Freedom's favorite son. 1789 N.Y. Daily Gaz. 1 May 426/1 Washington, the favourite son of liberty, and deliverer of his country. 1806 J. Milner in C. L. Lewis Romantic Decatur (1937) viii. 85 That country welcomes your return to her bosom. She hails you as one of her favorite sons. 1835 D. Crockett Life Van Buren 198 The views and wishes of your ‘favourite son’. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxx. 552 A Favourite Son is a politician respected or admired in his own State, but little regarded beyond it. 1962 Guardian 27 Nov. 9/1 The rumbustious campaigning of Bavaria's ‘favourite son’, the Federal Minister of Defence, Herr Strauss. 1963 Guardian 22 Jan. 8/6 The Leeds constituency parties are..open-minded about their candidates, not reserving places for some trade union's favourite son. 2. Ombre and Quadrille. favourite suit: the suit which has preference over the others. See also A. 5. ΚΠ 1820 E. Hoyle Games (1835) 281 The favourite suit is determined, either by drawing a card, or otherwise fixing upon a suit at the commencement of the party; and during the whole game, each player, asking leave in that suit, has a preference before others who have a good hand in a different suit. 3. favourite sentence attributive (see quot. 1964). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adjective] > relating to a sentence > common to large number of sentences favourite sentence1933 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xi. 171 Certain forms [of sentence-type] are favorite sentence-forms. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xi. 172 In English we have two favorite sentence-forms. One consists of actor-action phrases—John ran away... The other consists of a command..Be good! 1942 B. Bloch & G. L. Trager Outl. Ling. Anal. v. 74 Let us look briefly at the English actor-action construction. The most striking thing about it is its universality: it is the favorite-sentence type of English. 1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics vi. 232 The patterns common to large numbers of the sentences of a language may be called its favourite sentence types. Draft additions March 2019 A link to a web page stored by the user in a web browser in order to enable quick access in future.In some browsers such links are called bookmarks; cf. bookmark n. 3. ΚΠ 1995 RE: MS Internet Explorer 2.0 (beta) in comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 10 Oct. I wish IE stored favorites in an HTML file like Netscape. 1997 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 18 Feb. 12 Look at your own bookmarks, or favourites, stored in your browser. They reveal what news you want to read, what places you want to visit. 2013 @mommy3sons 19 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Great website going to add to my favorites. In the context of social media: a posting, user profile, etc., flagged so as to store a link to it for quick access, typically by clicking on a particular icon; an act of marking a posting or profile in this way, regarded as an expression of approval or support. Cf. like n.² 4.Frequently with reference to a function on the social media service Twitter from 2007 to 2015 (cf. quot. 2008); the function was subsequently replaced by one for recording ‘likes’. ΚΠ 2003 www.deviantart.com 9 Nov. (comment on posting) (O.E.D. Archive) You drew Gregorio! So I immediately love and must add as a favorite. 2008 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 3 Dec. If you read a tweet that you really like, you can save it as a favorite by selecting a small star beside the tweet. 2010 @jamesjimmy23 12 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Wow, that last tweet got lots of..favorites. 2017 R. Desjardins Transl. & Social Media iii. 42 A new generation of translators..for whom symbolic remuneration in the form of social media validation (Facebook ‘likes’, Twitter ‘favourites’..) might be as rewarding as the traditional paycheque. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). favouritefavoritev. Brit. /ˈfeɪv(ə)rᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfeɪv(ə)rᵻt/ Forms: 1900s– favorite, 1900s– favourite. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: favourite n. Etymology: < favourite n. 1. transitive. To store a link to (a web page) in a web browser so as to enable quick access in future; to bookmark. Also intransitive. Cf. favourite n. and adj. Additions, bookmark v. ΚΠ 1997 Re: FYI ! Great IE 4.0 Site in microsoft.public.inetexplorer.ie4 (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Aug. I went, I saw, I favorited. 1997 Audio Bks. Stuff in bit.listserv.easi (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Oct. You can listen online. I have the page bookmarked, or favorited. 2009 Indian Express (Nexis) 27 June With Flock, ‘favouriting’ sites is also a one-click process, with listings appearing as a drop down bar. 2014 Scotsman (Nexis) 24 Oct. Next time you're planning a trip to the shops, make sure you have the Carrier Bag Charge Scotland website favourited on your phone. 2. transitive. In the context of social media: to indicate approval of, support for, or interest in (a person, posting, etc.) by marking as a favourite (see favourite n. and adj. Additions). Cf. like v.¹ 16.Frequently with reference to the social media service Twitter: see note at favourite n. and adj. Additions. ΚΠ 2004 www.deviantart.com 13 Aug. (reply to comment on posting) (O.E.D. Archive) Gosh, you favourited me! cheers! i feel so loved. 2007 @JohnRiv 13 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Is a little freaked out about..his photos that people have favorited in the past day. 2015 www.inc.com 8 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) Millennials have been ‘liking’ and ‘favoriting’ posts on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for years. 2016 N. J. Sales Amer. Girls ii. 101 They started gradually making contact through Facebook messaging, occasional texting, favoriting each other's tweets. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1582v.1997
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favouritefavoriten.adj.

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favouritefavoritev.