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Bookmark or Share- Prefer Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. : to promote or advance to a rank or position. 2. : to like better or best. prefers sports to reading. prefers to watch TV. 3. : to give (a creditor) priority. 4. archaic : to put or set forward or before someone : recommend. 5. : to bring or lay against someone. won't prefer charges. 6. : to bring forward or lay before one for consideration.
- prefer | meaning of prefer in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary ...From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pre‧fer /prɪˈfɜː $ -ˈfɜːr/ S2 W2 verb (preferred, preferring) [ transitive] 1 to like someone or something more than someone or something else, so that you would choose it if you could → preference This type of owl prefers a desert habitat.
- PREFER | English meaning - Cambridge DictionaryWe use prefer to say we like one thing or activity more than another. We can use a prepositional phrase with to when we compare two things or actions: …. Would prefer. We use would prefer or ’d prefer, followed by a to-infinitive or a noun, to talk about present and future preferences: ….
- PREFER | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionaryto like someone or something more than another person or thing: I prefer dogs to cats. [ + doing sth ] She prefers watching tennis to playing. Fewer examples. Do you prefer margarine or butter? Jack always drinks red wine but I prefer white myself. Jogging's just not my thing - I prefer team sports.
- PREFER Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comPrefer definition: to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than. See examples of PREFER used in a sentence.
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