# favored

Pronunciation: US say "FAY-vurd" /ˈfeɪ.vɚd/; UK say "FAY-vuhd" /ˈfeɪ.vəd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of favor. — simple past and past participle of favor
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of favor. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The new policy favored small businesses over large corporations._
   - _Historians have long favored the diplomatic explanation for the war._

## Adjective

2. Treated better or regarded more warmly than others because of bias rather than fairness.
   - Simple: Liked more or treated better than others, in a way that is not fair.
   - _Critics complained that a handful of favored contractors won nearly every city building project._
   - _As the favored child, she was rarely punished for the things her brothers got scolded for._
3. Having a certain appearance or physical features, a sense used in combinations such as well-favored and ill-favored.
   - Simple: Used in words like well-favored and ill-favored: having a certain kind of looks or face.
   - _She was a well-favored woman, with clear gray eyes and a quick smile._
   - _A hard-favored sailor with a scarred cheek glared at us from the end of the dock._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Wearing a favour.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/favored (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).