favour

favour
fa·vour [ʼfeɪvəʳ], (Am) fa·vor [-ɚ] n
1) no pl (approval) Befürwortung f;
to come down [or out] in \favour of sth sich akk für etw akk aussprechen;
to decide in \favour of sth sich akk für etw akk entscheiden;
to speak in \favour of sth für etw akk sprechen;
to vote in \favour of sth für etw akk stimmen;
to be in \favour dafür sein;
all those in \favour, please raise your hands alle, die dafür sind, heben bitte die Hand;
to be in \favour of sth für etw akk sein, etw befürworten
2) no pl (preference) Bevorzugung f;
to gain [or win] sb's \favour [or \favour with sb] jds Gunst erlangen, jdn für sich akk gewinnen;
to show \favour to sb jdn bevorzugen
3) no pl (popularity) Gunst f;
to find \favour with sb bei jdm Gefallen finden;
to return to [or get back into] \favour [with sb] wieder beliebt werden;
his style has now returned to \favour sein Stil ist jetzt wieder gefragt;
he's trying to get back into \favour er versucht, sich wieder beliebt zu machen;
to be in \favour [with sb] [bei jdm] hoch im Kurs stehen;
to be/fall [or go] out of \favour person in Ungnade sein/fallen; object aus der Mode sein/kommen
4) no pl (advantage)
to decide in \favour of sth sich akk für etw akk entscheiden;
to find in \favour of sb für jdn entscheiden;
to have sth in one's \favour etw als Vorteil haben;
to reject [or turn down] sb/sth in \favour of sb/sth jdm/etw gegenüber jdm/etw den Vorzug geben;
to rule in sb's \favour sports für jdn entscheiden;
to be in sb's \favour zu jds Gunsten sein;
you must stand a good chance, there are so many things in your \favour du hast sicherlich eine gute Chance, so viele Dinge sprechen für dich;
the wind was in our \favour der Wind war günstig für uns;
bank error in your \favour Bankirrtum zu Ihren Gunsten
5) (kind act) Gefallen m kein pl;
I'm not asking for \favours ich bitte nicht um Gefälligkeiten;
do it as a \favour to me tu es mir zuliebe;
to ask sb [for] a \favour [or to ask a \favour of sb] jdn um einen Gefallen bitten;
to dispense \favours to sb jdm Gefälligkeiten erweisen;
to do sb a \favour [or a \favour for sb] jdm einen Gefallen tun;
to not do sb/oneself any \favours jdm/sich dat keinen Gefallen tun;
to grant sb a \favour jdm einen Gefallen tun
6) (Am) (present) kleines Geschenk;
party \favour kleines Geschenk (das auf einer Party verteilt wird)
7) pl (dated: sex)
\favours Gunst f veraltet (hum), Liebesdienste mpl;
to be free with one's \favours freizügig sein, nicht mit seinen Reizen geizen
PHRASES:
do me a \favour! (esp Brit) (fam) tu mir einen Gefallen! (fam) vt
1) (prefer)
to \favour sth etw vorziehen [o bevorzugen];
to \favour an explanation/a theory für eine Erklärung/eine Theorie sein, eine Erklärung/eine Theorie vertreten
2) (approve)
to \favour sth etw gutheißen;
to \favour doing sth es gutheißen, etw zu tun
3) (benefit)
to \favour sb/sth jdn/etw begünstigen
4) (be partial)
to \favour sb jdn bevorzugen; sports jdn favorisieren;
to \favour one person above the other eine Person einer anderen vorziehen
5) (form: bestow)
to \favour sb with sth jdm etw huldvoll gewähren (geh)
he has not yet \favoured me with an explanation (iron) er war noch nicht so gnädig, mir eine Erklärung zu geben
6) (look like)
to \favour sb jdm ähneln;
I \favour my grandmother ich schlage nach meiner Großmutter

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