favourite place

collocation in English

meaningsoffavouriteandplace

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favourite
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfeɪ.vər.ɪt/us
/ˈfeɪ.vər.ət/
best liked or ...
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place
noun
uk
/pleɪs/us
/pleɪs/
an area, town, ...
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(Definition offavouriteandplacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffavourite place

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In cages made of glass tubes the rough surface of the muslin plug is the mostfavouriteplacefor depositing the eggs.
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Theirfavouriteplaceis a bench at the corner of the square, but on other occasions they meet in the shops and do their shopping together.
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It was afavouriteplacefor film location companies.
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The beach, in any case, seems afavouriteplacefor leaving them.
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Matengo people live in one-room "jiko" (house) tenements which serve as their kitchen, dining room, andfavouriteplaceto entertain guests.
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The beach, hisfavouriteplace, inspired most of his books.
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It became afavouriteplacefor people to meet and talk.
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This town is afavouriteplacefor people who want a respite from their daily hustle and bustle.
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The dam set in the country park is afavouriteplacefor fishermen, joggers, walkers and local children.
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With newly planted shady trees and neatly trimmed shrubs, the promenade quickly became afavouriteplacefor an evening stroll.
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The fountain developed into afavouriteplacefor young people.
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The abbey became afavouriteplaceof sepulture with all the great families in the surrounding country.
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The new avenue was wide in 1827 and became afavouriteplacefor aristocrats to display their horse riding skills and expensive horse-drawn carriages all through the 19th century.
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However, during an exercise investigating children's favourite and least favourite places, the nature of their ideas became softer, smaller and a lot more natural.
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In four sessions they modelled an ideal classroom, surveyed favourite places and places to avoid, imagined themselves walking through an ideal school, and answered a hundred questions.
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Let them remain in their familiar surroundings for a long time to come, in their favourite places.
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Users can organise their favourite places on collections and sync to mobile devices.
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