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Definition 2024

in_favor_of

in favor of

English

Alternative forms

in something's favor
in favour of

Preposition

in favor of

For; in support of; approving, supporting.
Many people are in favor of capital punishment.
For the benefit of; to the order of.
He endorsed the note in favor of his uncle who had lent them the money.
Out of preference for.
He left school after just three years in favor of a professional sports career.

Translations

in support of

Chinese:
Mandarin: 贊成 (zh), 赞成 (zh) ‎(zànchéng) (be in favor of ...), 支持 (zh) ‎(zhīchí) (be in favor of ...)
Dutch: ten gunste van (nl), ten faveure van
Finnish: puolesta (fi)
French: en faveur de (fr)
German: zugunsten (de)
Japanese: ...賛成して (ja) ‎(...さんせいして, ...sansei shite), ...の賛成で (ja) ‎(...のさんせいで, ... no sansei de)

Macedonian: за ‎(za)
Portuguese: a favor de
Romanian: în favoarea, în avantajul
Russian: в по́льзу (ru) ‎(v pólʹzu) (+ genitive case), за (ru) ‎(za) (+ accusative case), во бла́го (ru) ‎(vo blágo), ра́ди (ru) ‎(rádi), в интере́сах (ru) ‎(v interésax)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: у корист

Roman: u korist
Spanish: a favor de

for the benefit of

Portuguese: em prol de
Russian: в по́льзу (ru) ‎(v pólʹzu) (+ genitive case)

out of preference for

Russian: в по́льзу (ru) ‎(v pólʹzu) (+ genitive case)

See also

in favor with