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What is the verb for
preference
?
What's the
verb
for
preference
? Here's the word you're looking for.
prefer
(
transitive
)
To be in the
habit
of
choosing
something rather than something else; to
favor
; to like better. [from 14th c.]
(
transitive, now dated
)
To
advance
,
promote
(someone or something). [from 14th c.]
(
transitive
)
To
present
or
submit
(something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). [from 16th c.]
(
obsolete, transitive
)
To put forward for
acceptance
; to
introduce
,
recommend
(
to
). [16th-19th c.]
Synonyms
:
favor
,
favour
,
like
,
rather
,
fancy
,
care for
,
incline towards
,
lean toward
,
lean towards
,
be more partial to
,
like better
,
be partial to
,
would rather
,
would sooner
,
think preferable
,
have a preference for
,
would rather have
,
would sooner have
,
be turned on to
,
desire
,
want
,
choose
,
feel like
,
wish for
,
love
,
crave
,
select
,
elect
,
covet
,
opt for
,
long for
,
go for
,
go in for
,
pine for
,
hanker after
,
hunger for
,
yearn for
,
itch for
,
thirst for
,
have a yen for
,
pick
,
enjoy
,
adopt
,
relish
,
need
,
desiderate
,
endorse
,
aspire to
,
lust after
,
spoil for
…
more
Examples
:
“I actually
prefer
plain old vanilla over the other flavors.”
“I would
prefer
walking over being stuck on a crowded bus during rush hour.”
“The prosecutor will
prefer
civil charges against several prominent ministers.”
preference
(
US
)
To give
preferential
treatment
to; to give a preference to.
preferences
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
preference
preferred
simple past tense and past participle of
prefer
Synonyms
:
took
,
picked
,
chose
,
favoured
,
selected
,
favored
,
elected
,
embraced
,
went for
,
decided on
,
handpicked
,
opted for
,
settled on
,
wanted to
,
cherry-picked
,
decided upon
,
elected to choose
,
felt disposed to
,
fixed on
,
fixed upon
,
hand-picked
,
made a choice to
,
picked out
,
plumped for
,
singled out
,
took up
,
voted for
,
desired
,
adopted
,
optated
,
wished
,
elected for
,
wanted
,
chosen
,
taken
,
forechosen
,
gone for
,
forechose
,
decided
,
set
,
settled upon
,
designated
,
appointed
,
determined
,
named
,
nominated
,
resolved
,
specified
,
opted
,
established
…
more
preferr
Obsolete spelling of
prefer
prefers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
prefer
Synonyms
:
favors
,
favours
,
likes
,
rathers
,
fancies
,
cares for
,
inclines towards
,
leans toward
,
leans towards
,
likes better
,
thinks preferable
,
has a preference for
,
chooses
,
picks
,
selects
,
elects
,
takes
,
adopts
,
desires
,
handpicks
,
forechooses
,
optates
,
wants
,
wishes
,
opts for
,
elects for
,
decides on
,
goes for
,
settles on
,
votes for
,
plumps for
,
singles out
,
fixes upon
,
places
,
files
,
lodges
,
presents
,
presses
,
brings
,
lays
,
tenders
,
offers
,
proffers
,
proposes
,
submits
,
puts forward
,
promotes
,
advances
,
raises
,
upgrades
…
more
Examples
:
“A specialist plant which
prefers
soil on the acid side but in pots use a good quality potting mix for Australian natives.”
“We have a friendly bluetongue lizard about 30 cm. long living happily in our backyard, but he
prefers
Adam's ale.”
“Potential customers can get in touch via e-mail, phone, POST whichever the seller
prefers
.”
preferreth
(
archaic
)
third-person singular simple present indicative form of
prefer
preferenced
simple past tense and past participle of
preference
Examples
:
“In Cunningham every candidate
preferenced
the Green above the Labor candidate.”
“He's the one who has
preferenced
people like the DLP and the Country Alliance, who could have a couple of seats in the upper house.”
“The Greens and Labor have
preferenced
McGowan first.”
preferrest
(
archaic
)
second-person singular simple present form of
prefer
preferencing
present participle of
preference
prefered
Misspelling of
preferred
.
Examples
:
“The Commission, would have
prefered
lower values but accepted the Council's common position with a view to achieving a global compromise.”
“Following his visit, he
prefered
reharmonizing the existing bells, and proposed a ringing of eight bells based on the bourdon of 1,025 kilos.”
“Former gangster and escape artist, Michel Vaujour has always
prefered
adventure to submission, freedom to law.”
preferring
present participle of
prefer
Synonyms
:
favoring
,
favouring
,
liking
,
rathering
,
fancying
,
caring for
,
inclining towards
,
leaning toward
,
leaning towards
,
liking better
,
thinking preferable
,
having a preference for
,
choosing
,
picking
,
selecting
,
electing
,
taking
,
adopting
,
desiring
,
handpicking
,
forechoosing
,
optating
,
wanting
,
wishing
,
opting for
,
electing for
,
deciding on
,
going for
,
settling on
,
voting for
,
plumping for
,
singling out
,
fixing upon
,
placing
,
filing
,
lodging
,
presenting
,
pressing
,
bringing
,
laying
,
tendering
,
offering
,
proffering
,
proposing
,
submitting
,
putting forward
,
promoting
,
advancing
,
raising
,
upgrading
…
more
Examples
:
“Bettie, now
preferring
the name Marilyn, had been on and off of heroin for years now but it was the first junk needle Callahan had let near her.”
“Often we artists are a solitary lot,
preferring
to keep our work to ourselves until we deem it fit for sharing.”
“Culinary relativism is no longer an excuse for
preferring
gefilte fish to seafood quenelles.”
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