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I . favour [ˈfeɪvəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. favour (helpful act):

to do sb a favour [or a favour for sb]

oddawać [perf oddać] komuś przysługę

to return the favour

rewanżować [perf z-] się

to return the favour

odwdzięczać [perf odwdzięczyć] się

2. favour no pl (approval):

przychylność f

to look with favour at sth

przychylnie na coś spoglądać [perf spojrzeć]

to be in favour of sth

3. favour no pl (advantage):

in sb's favour

na czyjąś korzyść

4. favour (unfair support):

to show favour to sb

sprzyjać komuś

5. favour (popular with):

to be in favour [with sb]

cieszyć się [czyjąś] przychylnością [lub życzliwością]

6. favour (unpopular):

to be/fall out of favour [with sb]

wypadać [perf wypaść] z [czyichś] łask

7. favour AM (small gift):

podarek m

II . favour [ˈfeɪvəʳ, Am -ɚ] VB trans

1. favour (support):

popierać [perf poprzeć]

2. favour (treat with partiality):

3. favour (help):

4. favour esp AM (look like):

to favour sb

być do kogoś podobnym

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They are in favour of imposing a congestion charge. en.wikipedia.org

The position found favour amongst scientific behaviourists over the next few decades, until behaviourism itself fell to the cognitive revolution in the 1960s. en.wikipedia.org

The revised document introduces a non-liability rule in favour of the freight forwarder in relation to goods delivered to the freight forwarder outside the agreed time of delivery. www.internationallawoffice.com

An insufficient number of shareholders voted in favour of the resolution for it to be passed. en.wikipedia.org

This measure, met with in other councils, was meant to prevent testamentary dispositions in favour of known heretics. en.wikipedia.org

But once supplanted, the broad bean quickly fell out of favour. www.independent.co.uk

You don't see a boisterous, image-building entry for the hero -- another point in the film's favour. www.thehindu.com

Cases of rental gazumping -- where a landlord rejects an accepted offer in favour of a higher rental bid -- are becoming more common. www.ft.com

In this capacity, and as a family favour, he designed a new mechanical foundry for an iron and steel business owned by his brother. en.wikipedia.org

It eschewed the thematic groupings in favour of focusing on pivotal moments of twentieth-century art. en.wikipedia.org

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