in favor of

English

Alternative forms

• in favour of

Preposition

in favor of (American spelling)

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

   Synonyms: all for, pro

   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.

   Synonym: in something's favor

   He left school after just three years in favor of a professional sports career.

Translations

in support of

• Catalan: a favor de
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 贊成／赞成 (zh) (zànchéng) (be in favor of ...), 支持 (zh) (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)
• Macedonian: за (za)
• Malayalam: അനുകൂലമായി (anukūlamāyi)
• Polish: za (pl)
• Portuguese: a favor de
• Romanian: în favoarea, în avantajul
• Russian: в по́льзу (ru) (v pólʹzu) (+ genitive case), за (ru) (za) (+ accusative case), во бла́го (ru) (vo blágo), ра́ди (ru) (rádi), в интере́сах (ru) (v interésax)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у корист

  Roman: u korist

• Spanish: a favor de
• Swedish: för (sv)
• Turkish: leh (tr), yan (tr)
• Vietnamese: ủng hộ (vi), thuận (vi)

for the benefit of

• Dutch: ten gunste van (nl)
• French: en faveur de (fr)
• Galician: a prol de
• German: zugunsten (de)
• Italian: in favore di
• Polish: na korzyść, na rzecz (pl)
• Portuguese: em prol de
• Russian: в по́льзу (ru) (v pólʹzu) (+ genitive case)
• Spanish: en apoyo de
• Swedish: för (sv)
• Vietnamese: cho (vi)

out of preference for

• Polish: na rzecz (pl)
• Russian: в по́льзу (ru) (v pólʹzu) (+ genitive case)
• Spanish: en favor de
• Swedish: för (sv)

See also

• in favor with