(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'favorite'
1.
Your ~ thing or person of a particular type is the one you like most.
...a bottle of his ~ champagne...
Her ~ writer is Hans Christian Andersen.
ADJ: ADJ n
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Favourite is also a noun.
The Liverpool Metropole is my ~.
N-COUNT: usu with poss
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If you refer to something as an old ~, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
Everyone must be familiar with the old ~ among roses, Crystal Palace.
PHRASE
2.
If you describe one person as the ~ of another, you mean that the second person likes the first person a lot and treats them with special kindness.
...Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, a ~ of King James I...
The Prime Minister is no ~ of the tabloids.
N-COUNT: usu with poss
3.
The ~ in a race or contest is the competitor that is expected to win. In a team game, the team that is expected to win is referred to as the ~s.
The Belgian Cup has been won by the ~s F.C. Liege.
N-COUNT: usu the N