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• favour — fa|vour1 W2S1 BrE favor AmE [ˈfeıvə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(help)¦ 2¦(support/approval)¦ 3¦(popular/unpopular)¦ 4¦(advantage)¦ 5¦(choose something instead)¦ 6 do somebody/something no favours 7¦(unfair support)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• find — find1 W1S1 [faınd] v past tense and past participle found [faund] [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(get by searching)¦ 2¦(see by chance)¦ 3¦(discover state of somebody/something)¦ 4¦(do something without meaning to)¦ 5¦(learn something by study)¦ 6¦(think/feel)¦… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• find — 1 /faInd/ past tense and past participle found /faUnd/ verb (T) 1 BY SEARCHING to discover or see something that you have been searching for : I can t find the car keys. | Let s hope we can find a parking space. | No one has found a solution to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• find — v. & n. v.tr. (past and past part. found) 1 a discover by chance or effort (found a key). b become aware of. c (absol.) discover game, esp. a fox. 2 a get possession of by chance (found a treasure). b obtain, receive (idea found acceptance). c… …   Useful english dictionary

• favour — [[t]fe͟ɪvə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ favours, favouring, favoured (in AM, use favor) 1) N UNCOUNT If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them. It remains to be seen if the show will still find favour with a 1990s audience... No one… …   English dictionary

• find — ► VERB (past and past part. found) 1) discover by chance or deliberately. 2) recognize or discover to be present or to be the case. 3) ascertain by research or calculation. 4) Law (of a court) officially declare to be the case. 5) (find against… …   English terms dictionary

• find for sb — (US find in sb s favor) ► LAW to decide in a court of law that someone is right: »The employment tribunal found in my favour, and I received compensation for losing my job. Main Entry: ↑find …   Financial and business terms

• find for somebody — ˈfind for/against sb derived no passive (law) to make a decision in favour of/against sb in a court case • The jury found for the defendant. Main entry: ↑findderived …   Useful english dictionary

• find against somebody — ˈfind for/against sb derived no passive (law) to make a decision in favour of/against sb in a court case • The jury found for the defendant. Main entry: ↑findderived …   Useful english dictionary

• favour — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE favor) noun 1 sth that helps sb ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge ▪ little, small ▪ special …   Collocations dictionary

• favour — 1 BrE, favor AmE noun 1 HELP (C) something that you do for someone in order to help them or be kind to them : ask a favour (of sb): Can I ask a favor of you? | do sb a favour: Could you do me a favour and turn off that light? | do sth as a favour …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English