in favor of

English

Alternative forms

• in something's favor
• in favour of

Preposition

in favor of

1. For; in support of; approving, supporting.

   Many people are in favor of capital punishment.

2. For the benefit of; to the order of.

   He endorsed the note in favor of his uncle who had lent them the money.

3. 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 (cmn), 赞成 (cmn) (zànchéng) (be in favor of ...), 支持 (cmn) (zhīchí) (be in favor of ...)

• Dutch: ten gunste van (nl), ten faveure van (nl)
• 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)

• Russian: в пользу (ru) (v pólʹzu) (+ genitive case), за (ru) (za) (+ accusative case), во благо (ru) (vo blágo), ради (ru) (rádi), в интересах (ru) (v interésax)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у корист (sh)

  Roman: u korist (sh)

• Spanish: a favor de (es)

to the order of

• Russian: в пользу (ru) (v pólʹzu) (+ genitive case)

out of preference for

• Russian: в пользу (ru) (v pólʹzu) (+ genitive case)

See also

• in favor with