(n.) A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority.
(n.) Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
(n.) The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.
(a.) Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Oklahoma City Thunder, like most of the pre-postseason favorites, actually seemed to right themselves in Game 7 of their tougher-than-expected-series with the Memphis Grizzlies.
(2) One of my favorites, on the mission's "Participate" web page , is the "Be a Martian" virtual reality apps (web and mobile).
(3) MRI can detect as small as 10 mm lesion of hepatic tumor (less than 5 mm in favorite conditions) despite far longer acquisition time compared with CT.
(4) While Elop has critics who say he did not fix Nokia or much of anything else in his long career in tech, others are likely to point to a pedigree that would also make him the favorite here.
(5) The college football fans are interested in knowing where their favorite players are gonna go and the NFL fans want to know which players are gonna make their team better."
(6) We’ll collect all your questions using Guardian Witness and feature our favorites the night of the debate.
(7) Respondents showed in-group favoritism in trait evaluations, but this bias was unrelated to aggression.
(8) Therefore more is eaten during a meal consisting of a variety of foods than during a meal with just one of the foods, even if that food is the favorite.
(9) It was March 2015 and same-sex marriage was on the verge of becoming legal nationwide – carried by probably the swiftest change in public opinion in US history – but the Indiana governor and establishment favorite going into 2016 was standing firm.
(10) Walker also began the summer as a strong favorite in the early-voting state of Iowa, where voters seemed inherently drawn to his midwestern persona and retail politics – which have often included traversing from one county to the next on a Harley Davidson.
(11) My personal favorite part was Beyoncé had her backup singers and dancers in pantsuits.” Each celebrity who joined Clinton for her last push seemed to top the previous night, giving her closing appearances an aura of celebration.
(12) The bacterially catalyzed formation of nitrosamines in the rectosigmoid is a favorite theroy for the increased risk of colon carcinomas following ureterosigmoidostomy.
(13) My favorite response was a simple "it made me feel less alone."
(14) Entering the season the Seahawks looked like Super Bowl favorites and little happened during the regular season to suggest otherwise.
(15) The Cardinals made quick work of the fan-favorite Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLDS and then defeated the high priced Hollywood product that was the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
(16) Now, new employees are always warned, “Just wait until Thanksgiving.” Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays.
(17) Former senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts and Governor Paul LePage of Maine, favorites of the blue-collar north-east, are likely to be angling for jobs in a Trump White House, but a heartbeat away from the presidency.
(18) Shuttles bused groups of mourners to take turns walking quietly in a circle around the casket covered in white roses and peonies – Nancy Reagan’s favorite flower.
(19) The sulfones are the drug of choice in the treatment of leprosy, with dapsone as the clear favorite.
(20) His favorite recording of the Ring Cycle is by Wilhelm Furtwängler, a relatively safe choice.
Prefer
Definition:
(v. t.) To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc.
(v. t.) To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass.
(v. t.) To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general.
(v. t.) To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above.
Example Sentences:
(1) 5-HT thus appears to be the preferred substrate for uptake into platelets and for movement from cytoplasm to vesicles.
(2) For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans' strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities.
(3) According to the finite element analysis, the design bases of fixed restorations applied in the teeth accompanied with the absorption of the alveolar bone were preferred.
(4) The G+C content of the third base of the codon in the tufB gene was 84.8% and G was especially preferred in this position.
(5) Communicating sustainability is a subtle attempt at doing good Read more And yet, in environmental terms it is infinitely preferable to prevent waste altogether, rather than recycle it.
(6) These observations suggest that the liver secretes disk-shaped lipid bilayer particles which represent both the nascent form of high density lipoproteins and preferred substrate for lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase.
(7) It said 70 of the killed militants were from Isis, while the other 50 it described as being aligned with the Nusra Front, the parent organisation of the Khorasan cell and al-Qaida’s preferred affiliate in Syria.
(8) For example, lysine is preferably encoded by the AAA codon if guanosine is 3' to the lysine codon (AAA-G, P less than 10(-9)).
(9) The authors consider the latter mechanism preferable.
(10) NE differentially affected responses to stimulus movement in the preferred and non-preferred direction in one-third of these neurons, such that directional selectivity was increased.
(11) At present, ACE inhibitors are preferred because they are usually better tolerated than conventional vasodilators and are clinically more effective.
(12) Long-distanced urethrocystopexy which permits to avoid an unwanted increase of outflow resistance with following retention of urine should be preferred.
(13) On the basis of a follow-up concerning 41 patients and of data from the literature, the authors report their present surgical approach for mixed tumors, underlining their preference for T.C.P., and limiting S.P.
(14) The speed of visiting holes and the development of a preferred pattern of hole-visits did not influence spatial discrimination performance.
(15) Critics of wind power peddle the same old myths about investment in new energy sources adding to families' fuel bills , preferring to pick a fight with people concerned about the environment, than stand up to vested interests in the energy industry, for the hard-pressed families and pensioners being ripped off by the energy giants.
(16) Since ASA has a greater potential for adverse effects, paracetamol is increasingly preferred to ASA, particularly in children.
(17) Furthermore, the animals did not increase their intake of sunflower seeds, a preferred diet for hamsters.
(18) A sequence of seven pairings of chili-flavored diet with prompt recovery from thiamine deficiency did significantly attenuate the innate aversion and may have induced a chili preference in at least one case.
(19) I preferred the Times version, as my father would have done had he any interest in Sting.
(20) In this paper, we change base pairs in the operators and amino acids in the proteins to analyze the basis for these preferences.