favourite: translation
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(BrE) (AmE favorite) noun
1 sb/sth that you like more than others
ADJECTIVE
▪ absolute, big, firm (BrE), great, hands-down (AmE), huge (esp. BrE), particular, special
▪ This painting is a particular favourite of mine.
▪ The movie is one of my absolute favourites.
▪ all-time, established, long-time, old, perennial, traditional
▪ This movie is my all-time favourite.
▪ You will find all your old favourites in this book of poems.
▪ new
▪ They perform their greatest hit and a new favourite.
▪ family, personal, popular
▪ cult
▪ The movie has become a cult favourite.
▪ sentimental
▪ He began recording sentimental favourites.
▪ fan (esp.AmE)
▪ a theme song that remains a fan favourite
▪ audience, crowd
▪ The band started with a crowd favourite.
▪ holiday (esp. AmE)
▪ It may become a holiday favourite on video.
▪ childhood
▪ They were singing their childhood favourite, ‘Waterloo’.
VERB + FAVOURITE/FAVORITE
▪ become
▪ ‘Show Me Love’ became a festival favourite.
▪ remain
▪ choose, pick
▪ If I had to choose a favourite, it would be Monet's ‘Water Lilies’.
PREPOSITION
▪ favourite among
▪ He is a favourite among his teammates.
▪ favourite for
▪ The forest was a favourite for family walks.
▪ favourite of
▪ This song is an old favourite of mine.
▪ favourite with
▪ The song is a firm favourite with their fans.
2 competitor expected to win
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, clear, clear-cut, firm (BrE), heavy (esp. AmE), hot, odds-on, overwhelming, red-hot (BrE), solid (esp. AmE), strong
▪ She is odds-on favourite to win an award.
▪ second
▪ joint (BrE)
▪ slight
▪ early
▪ China was the early favourite to win the bidding.
▪ even-money
▪ The horse is an even-money favourite.
▪ 2–1, etc.
▪ Tiger Woods is 3–2 favourite to win the Challenge.
▪ 3-point, 6-point, 12-point, etc. (all AmE)
▪ The Colts are 5.5–point favourites at San Francisco this week
▪ home (esp. BrE), hometown (esp. AmE), local
▪ race, title (BrE)
▪ pre-season
▪ prohibitive (AmE)
▪ Gunn and Moran are prohibitive favourites.
VERB + FAVOURITE/FAVORITE
▪ look (BrE), look like, start (as)
▪ On paper, Stanford looks like the favourite.
▪ The Brazilians still look firm favourites to take the title.
▪ emerge as
PREPOSITION
▪ favourite for
▪ Jopanini is second favourite for Saturday's race.
PHRASES
▪ favourite to win
▪ The Spanish are the favourites to win.
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
adj.
Favourite/favorite is used with these nouns: ↑author, ↑bar, ↑blog, ↑book, ↑brand, ↑cause, ↑celebrity, ↑charity, ↑cousin, ↑customer, ↑destination, ↑dish, ↑expression, ↑feature, ↑food, ↑haunt, ↑hobby, ↑kind, ↑meal, ↑memory, ↑pastime, ↑piece, ↑ploy, ↑pub, ↑pursuit, ↑recipe, ↑record, ↑resort, ↑retreat, ↑saying, ↑site, ↑spot, ↑subject, ↑target, ↑theme, ↑topic, ↑toy, ↑tune, ↑type, ↑uncle, ↑website, ↑writer