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to favorite

to favorite

2 2.7
Mark a post with a heart or star to save it
  • verb
  • /ˈfeɪvərɪt/
  • Texting
translation icon : marcar como favorito
  • Pastabagel; can I favorite your comment more than once?
  • favorite a tweet

So I did favorite some of them and they're all disappearing.

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Examples

  • You can retweet, reply, or favorite another person's tweet.

    Blog text (29)
  • "I've favorited a lot of pages that have to do with literacy in any form."

    Academic text (2011)
  • But the way that it works, you can favorite different movies on that stick to a central home screen.

  • But anyway: steambadger, I would favorite your comment a hundred more times if I could.

    Blog text (26)
  • I definitely bought this story and favorited some comments in the original thread as being particularly sweet.

    Blog text (13)
  • I thought it was clever, and I was happy to see it favorited.

    Blog text (12)
  • Did you favorite an election-themed tweet that you'd like to share with us?

    Blog text (13)
  • But users often want a photographer to know more immediately if they’ve voted or favorited an image.

    Blog text (20)
  • You can favorite a tweet to show your approval and save it for later.

  • I often favorite posts on Instagram that inspire me or make me smile.

Synonyms

to fave
vsto favorite
  • Texting
1 8.2

To mark or save something so you can find it again

is the full written form used for clicking approval on platforms
to fav
vsto favorite
  • Texting
7.8

To save something on a website or app because you like it most

is the full written form used for clicking approval on platforms

Compounds

43 1.1

A place that someone likes more than other places

16 1.0

The school subject you like most

12 1.4

A meal you enjoy more than any other

7 3.0

A person or thing many fans like most

A person or team thought most likely to win

favorite son
  • Literature
6 7.6

A politician from a state who has strong local support and whom people choose to keep the state's delegates loyal

5 1.4

The taste you like most in a food or drink

5 1.0

A set of cooking instructions someone likes most for a dish

2 3.5

A person or thing that most people in a group like more than others

Something many people like for a long time

A happy time from when you were a child that you still think about with joy

5.4

A bar or pub that people visit often and like

9.9

A person friends like because they are funny and cute

How Liked

to love
1.0
to adore
274 2.4
to favorite
  • Texting
2 2.7
to like
1.0
dislike
  • Texting
49 1.0
to ignore
1.0

Surface Forms

favorite infinitive
favorited past
favorited past participle
favoriting present participle
favorites third person singular

Etymology

Favorite comes from the old word favor, which means 'support' or 'good will'. So to favorite something online is to mark it with your 'favor'—for example by clicking a star or heart—to show you like or save it.