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fave en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /feɪv/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From favorite or favourite, by shortening.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).
    • At stlmag.com this month Select articles from this issue An editors' podcast A Google Map of our Best Dressed winners' fave shops 2010 September, St. Louis magazine, volume 16, number 9, →ISSN, page 8:
    • “She's entered the privacy phase. The rebellion has started, Jenny. Violet is lost to us!” “Oh, don't be so dramatic. She's still our little girl. Watch this. Vi, 90-Day Beyoncé is coming on. Fave garbage-y reality show. Want to watch ironically... while I watch unironically?” “Nope, bye.” “See?” 2020 September 27, Christy Stratton & Jeremy Rowley, “Violet's Secret” (: from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Jenny Hart (Kristen Wiig):

Forms

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Deriveds

favelet

Translations (2)

tr seçilmis (favorite (informal)) · fi lemppari (favorite (informal))

fave en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /feɪv/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From favorite or favourite, by shortening.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fav alternative lexicographic
faves Number=Plur lexicographic

fave en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /feɪv/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From favorite or favourite, by shortening.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK)

Forms

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faving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
faves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
faved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
faved Tense=Past lexicographic
fav alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

unfave