Dictionary entry

Favouritism

Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪv(ə)rɪtɪz(ə)m/

Pronunciation

/ˈfeɪv(ə)rɪtɪz(ə)m/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) မျက်နှာသာပေးခြင်း။ (n) မိမိလိုသူကို လိုသလို မျက်နှာသာ ပေးခြင်း။တပည့်မွေးခြင်း။တပည့်မွေးတတ်သောအကျင့်။

Definition

favourite ( US favor- ) / 'feÇvǝrÇt / adj အႏွစ္သက္ဆံုး။ အႀကိဳက္ ဆံုး။ It's one of my favourite restaurants. ❍ It was the critics' favourite movie of the year. ❍ Who is your favourite writer? n ၁။ အသည္းေၾကာ္။ မ်က္႐ႈ။ She loved all her grandchildren but Ann was her favourite. ❍ This record is my all-time favourite. ❍ The radio was playing lots of old favourites. ❍ These videos are great favourites with the children. ၂။ the favourite နာမည္ေျပးေနသူ၊ ျမင္း စသည္။ The favourite came third. ❍ Desert Orchid started the clear/hot favourite for the 2000 Guineas. ❍ Faldo and Norman are joint favourites. ❏ favouritism ( US -vor- ) / -Çzǝm / n [U] ( derog ) မ်က္ႏွာသာေပးျခင္း။ ဘက္လိုက္ျခင္း။ Our teacher is guilty of (showing) blatant favouritism.

Examples

  1. His favourite pastimes were hunting and golf.
  2. What’s your favourite food?
  3. Stephen King is one of my favourite writers.
  4. [least/most favourite] : Once More is my least favourite song ever.