how to pronounce favour

/ˈfɛɪ.vəɹ/

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favour is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of favour in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… changed in the UK in favour of maybe …”

meaning of favour

Favor means a kindness or service done for someone.

favour frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word favour occurs in english on average 33.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics favour can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that favour can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;