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favoured
adjective
1. preferred, special, chosen, favourite, selected, recommended, pet, of choice, singled out, best-liked, fave (informal) The favoured candidate will emerge soon.
2. privileged, advantaged, lucky, blessed, elite, fortunate, jammy (Brit. slang) They think of us as favoured beings.
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favoured
favored (US) [ˈfeɪvəd] ADJ [person, object] → favorito, preferidoBiarritz was their favoured resort → Biarritz era su lugar de vacaciones favorito or preferido
the favoured method is → el método preferido es ...
one of the favoured few → uno de los pocos afortunados
most favoured nation treatment → trato m de nación más favorecida
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favoured
[ˈfeɪvərd] (British) favored (US) adj (= likely to prevail) [candidate, successor] → favori(e)
[preferred, son, daughter, pupil] → préféré(e), favori(te); [client, customer] → privilégié(e)
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, (US) favoredCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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