in favor of

English

Alternative forms

• in something's favor
• in favour of

Preposition

in favor of

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.

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

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

• 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)
• Vietnamese: ủng hộ (vi), thuận (vi)

for the benefit of

• Galician: a prol de
• Portuguese: em prol de
• Russian: в по́льзу (ru) (v pólʹzu) (+ genitive case)

• Swedish: för (sv)
• Vietnamese: cho (vi)

out of preference for

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

• Swedish: för (sv)

See also

• in favor with