PREFER
\pɹɪfˈɜː], \pɹɪfˈɜː], \p_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˈɜː]\
Definitions of PREFER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
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promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"
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give preference to one creditor over another
By Princeton University
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like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc.
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To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass.
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To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general.
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To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above.
By Oddity Software
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To esteem more than something else; present, as a request; to choose instead of something else.
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Preferred.
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Preferably.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Preferably.
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To esteem above another: to regard or hold in higher estimation: to choose or select: to promote: to exalt: to offer or present, as a prayer: to place in advance:-pr.p. preferring; pa.t. and pa.p. preferred.
By Daniel Lyons
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Preferably.
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To offer.
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To esteem above others.
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To advance; appoint.
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Preferable.
By James Champlin Fernald
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