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prefer
[ pri-fur ]
verb (used with object)
- to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than:
to prefer beef to chicken.
Antonyms: reject
- Law. to give priority, as to one creditor over another.
- to put forward or present (a statement, suit, charge, etc.) for consideration or sanction.
Synonyms: tender, proffer, offer
Antonyms: retract
- to put forward or advance, as in rank or office; promote:
to be preferred for advancement.
verb (used without object)
- to wish or feel inclined:
For this stir-fry you can skip the cashews if you prefer.
prefer
/ prɪˈfɜː /
verb
- when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive to like better or value more highly
I prefer to stand
- law to give preference, esp to one creditor over others
- (esp of the police) to put (charges) before a court, judge, magistrate, etc, for consideration and judgment
- tr; often passive to advance in rank over another or others; promote
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Derived Forms
- preˈferrer, noun
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Other Words From
- pre·fer·red·ly [pri-, fur, -id-lee, -, furd, -lee], adverb
- pre·fer·red·ness noun
- pre·fer·rer noun
- un·pre·ferred adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prefer1
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Example Sentences
This final episode of Extras is the perfect Christmastime escape for those who prefer the bittersweet to the saccharine.
Environmentalists today generally prefer to limit roads and block new water projects, even in parched California.
We prefer to wave away the warning signs; like The Interview, Mulholland Drive was comfortably downplayed as over-the-top satire.
Both are offering original programing designed to be viewed however you prefer—one episode at a time or all at once.
And even those who consider themselves great patriots prefer to keep their savings in foreign currency.
We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
For instance, few workmen will take a holiday; they prefer a "day's out" or "play."
The Cockalorum pondered over this for a moment, and then murmuring, "I prefer croquet," floundered away through the waving grass.
The Russians, on the contrary, prefer orange-yellow transparent specimens.
It is immaterial to whom the transfer is made if the purpose be to prefer one creditor to another.
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