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played favorites

played favorites is the simple past and past participle of play favorites.

Meaning of play favorites

Verb

play favorites (third-person singular simple present plays favorites, present participle playing favorites, simple past and past participle played favorites)

  1. To show favoritism towards one party.
    Synonyms:
    favoritize

Questions about played favorites

What is played favorites the simple past and past participle of?
Played favorites is the simple past and past participle of play favorites.

Words near played favorites in the dictionary

  1. played doctor
  2. played down
  3. played dumb
  4. played fair
  5. played fast and loose
  6. played favorites
  7. played fine
  8. played first fiddle
  9. played for love
  10. played for time
  11. played full

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Adapted from Wiktionary: played favorites (page history and authors); play favorites (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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