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favorite en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/

Meanings

  1. (US, alt-of, standard) US standard spelling of favourite.
    alt of favourite
    • Mom made her favorite oatmeal no-bakes and Rice Krispies treats. The good thing about being sick was she could eat anything she wanted. 2003, Kristen Heitzmann, The Still of Night, page 84:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fav'rite alternative, archaic, poetic lexicographic
more favorite Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most favorite Degree=Sup lexicographic

favorite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/

Meanings

  1. (US, alt-of, standard) US standard spelling of favourite.
    alt of favourite
    • Has direct links to update good and bad lists, customized favorites with childsafe sites, easy installation from one CD. 1998, Barry Leonard, Cyber Risk '97: Conference Proceedings:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fav'rite alternative, archaic, poetic lexicographic
favorites Number=Plur lexicographic

favorite en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/

Meanings

  1. (US, alt-of, standard) US standard spelling of favourite.
    alt of favourite
    • On Twitter, Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, favorited a tweet, which was later deleted, that referred to Ms. Harris as a “whorendous pick.” 2020 August 12, Annie Karni, Jeremy W. Peters, “Her Voice? Her Name? G.O.P.’s Raw Personal Attacks on Kamala Harris”, in The New York Times:
    • While I myself have no problems as far as favoriting instead of commenting is concerned, since a lot of deviants are like this, I thought it was right to tell people how to comment correctly. 2009, Grekkikay, post on how to critique art; quoted in Linda Vigdor, “Constructing Learning through the Creative Evaluation of Visual Arts Production”, in Hiesun Cecilia Suhr, editor, Online Evaluation of Creativity and the Arts (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture), New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, 2015, section “Creative Evaluation as Practiced in Three Critique Environments”, exhibit 2 (DeviantArt.com), pages 87–88:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
favorited Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
favorited Tense=Past lexicographic
favorites Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fav'rite alternative, archaic, poetic lexicographic
favoriting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

unfavorite · cofavorite · nonfavorite · favoritize · favoritism · favo · favorite person · favoritest