Meanings
preposition
alternative in favour of
- USFor the benefit of; to the order of.
He endorsed the note in favor of his uncle who had lent them the money.
Synonyms: in behalf of
- USOut of preference for.
He left school after just three years in favor of a professional sports career.
Synonyms: in something's favor
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositionFor the benefit of; to the order of.
Similar
prepositionOut of preference for.
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Translations
Catalan a favor de
- a favor dein support of
Chinese Mandarin 贊成 /赞成, 支持
- 贊成 /赞成 (zànchéng)in support of
- 支持 (zhīchí)in support of
Dutch voor, ten gunste van
- voorin support of
- ten gunste vanfor the benefit of
Finnish puolesta
- puolestain support of
French en faveur de, en faveur de
- en faveur dein support of
- en faveur defor the benefit of
German für, zugunsten
- fürin support of
- zugunstenfor the benefit of
Italian in favore di
- in favore difor the benefit of
Japanese ...賛成して, ...の賛成で
- ...賛成して (...sansei shite)in support of
- ...の賛成で (... no sansei de)in support of
Polish za, na korzyść
- zain support of
- na korzyśćfor the benefit of
- na rzeczfor the benefit of
- na rzeczout of preference for
Portuguese a favor de, em prol de
- a favor dein support of
- em prol defor the benefit of
Romanian în favoarea, în avantajul
- în favoareain support of
- în avantajulin support of
Russian в по́льзу, за
- в по́льзу (v pólʹzu)in support of
- за (za)in support of
- во бла́го (vo blágo)in support of
- ра́ди (rádi)in support of
- в интере́сах (v interésax)in support of
- в по́льзу (v pólʹzu)for the benefit of
- в по́льзу (v pólʹzu)out of preference for
Spanish a favor de, en apoyo de
- a favor dein support of
- en apoyo defor the benefit of
- en favor deout of preference for
Swedish för, för
- förin support of
- förfor the benefit of
- förout of preference for
Turkish leh, yan
- lehin support of
- yanin support of
Vietnamese ủng hộ, thuận
- ủng hộin support of
- thuậnin support of
- chofor the benefit of
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APA
in favor of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20favor%20of
MLA
“in favor of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20favor%20of. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in favor of,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20favor%20of.
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