ADJ
- big, great
- little, small
- special
- personal
- As a personal favour to me, please don't release my story to the press
- political, sexual
VERB + FAVOUR
- ask
- I came here to ask you a favour, a big favour
- expect
- Although I am friends with the tennis ace, I don't expect any favours from him on court
- bestow, do, grant sb
- Rodrigo accepted the favours bestowed on him by the new king. Do yourself a favour and cut your credit cards in half
- owe sb
- I'll ask Jane. She owes me a favour
- return
- Thanks very much. I'll return the favour one day
- seek
- obtain
- accept, receive
ADJ
- great, high, particular
- Traditionally, vigilante groups have found greater favour on the political right. He stood in high favour at the court of Lewis the Pious
- divine, government, political, royal
- In the Christian tradition, the world exists only as an act of divine favour
VERB + FAVOUR
- be in, enjoy, have, stand in
- The bishop was said to have enjoyed the king's favour
- find, gain, win
- Her political views have not found favour in recent years
- curry
- trying to curry favour with the teachers
- show
- As an examiner, she showed no favour to any candidate
- be out of
- fall from, fall out of, lose
- The senior officials were punished and rapidly fell from favour. This idea has long since fallen out of favour
- be back in, bring sth back into, come back into
- A style of art can go out of fashion and then come back into favour fifty years later
- argue in, speak (out) in
- to argue in favour of this policy
- come down/out in, decide in, find in, resolve in, rule in, vote in
- The committee came down in favour of setting up a national body. The High Court found in favour of the plaintiffs
- work in
- Environmental conservation generally works in favour of maintaining the status quo
- go in
- The golf tournament went in the Americans' favour (= they won)
PREP
- in ~ of
- He is strongly in favour of capital punishment. Early in his musical career he abandoned blues in favour of jazz
- in sth's ~
- This piece of software has two points in its favour: it's fast and inexpensive
- ~ with
- She is too popular with the public to find much favour with the critics
PHRASES
- an argument in sb/sth's favour
- an argument in favour of censorship
- a bias in sb/sth's favour, look with favour on/upon sb/sth
- Depth of training is looked upon with favour by many employers
- without fear or favour (= in a fair way)