Favor

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).

   “He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.”

2. isim Goodwill; benevolent regard.

   “She enjoyed the queen's favor.”

3. isim A small gift; a party favor.

   “wedding favor”

4. isim Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.

   “I could not discover the lenity and favour of this sentence.”

5. isim The object of regard; person or thing favoured.

   “All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, / His chief delight and favour.”

6. isim Appearance; look; countenance; face.

   “This boy is fair, of female favour.”

7. isim Partiality; bias
8. isim A letter, a written communication.

   “I will now take some notice of your last favour; but being so far behind-hand with you, must be brief.”

9. isim A resemblance, likeness.
10. isim Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.

    “James probably saw the family treasures, which included a little pair of gloves embroidered with pearls and the device of a lion, a lady's favour, said to have been taken from Harry Hotspur before the battle of Otterburn in 1388.”

11. isim A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event.

    “Of all the new war cotillion favors yet devised there is hardly anything more novel than these. Aigrettes that are bunches of ribbons, red, white and blue, designed to be pinned in the hair at once, make up another favor.”

12. fiil To look upon fondly; to prefer.

    “And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.”

13. fiil To use more often.

    “[…] alone, without having to favor his right, uninjured leg, […]”

14. fiil To encourage, conduce to
15. fiil To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.

    “Would you favor us with a poetry reading?”

16. fiil To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).

    “I thought—it doesn't matter—you seemed to favour your ma,”

17. fiil To treat or use (something) gently

    “I always try to favor my bad knee.”

18. özel isim A surname.