favoring
favoring is the present participle and gerund of favor.
Meaning of favor
Verb
favor (third-person singular simple present favors, present participle favoring, simple past and past participle favored)
- To look upon fondly; to prefer.
- And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:28
- To use more often.
- […] alone, without having to favor his right, uninjured leg, […]2007, Bert Casper, Shadow Upon the Dream: Book 1: Barrûn, page 537
- To encourage, conduce to
- These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation...1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)
- To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
- Would you favor us with a poetry reading?
- To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
- I thought—it doesn't matter—you seemed to favour your ma,1896, Rudyard Kipling, The Mary Gloster
- To treat or use (something) gently
- I always try to favor my bad knee.
Noun
favoring (plural favorings)
- The act or state by which one favors something; preference.
- Unlike in Smith's case, however, here the relevant intuition does not concern a particular example, but moral favorings in general. Intuitively, it is said, what we morally ought to do simply does not depend on what we want to do.2018, Stefan Fischer, The Origin of Oughtness: A Case for Metaethical Conativism, page 69
Forms of favoring
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Words formed from favoring
Questions about favoring
- What does favoring mean?
- Favoring means the act or state by which one favors something; preference.
- What is favoring the present participle and gerund of?
- Favoring is the present participle and gerund of favor.
- What part of speech is favoring?
- Favoring is a noun.
- What is the plural of favoring?
- The plural of favoring is favorings.
Words near favoring in the dictionary
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