prefer
pre
prə
prē
fer
ˈfɜr
fēr
/prÉĒˈfɜː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "prefer"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to want or choose one person or thing instead of another because of liking them more
Transitive: to prefer sth | to prefer to do sth | to prefer doing sth
to prefer definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many people prefer to eat homemade meals over fast food.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻĢāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻĢ⧁āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

select as an alternative over another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many people prefer hiking over cycling as it allows them to connect with nature more closely.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϞ⧋āĻ• āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĻā§‹āĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to give someone a higher rank or position
Transitive: to prefer sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company prefers employees who show initiative.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϚāĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to choose to pay or prioritize one creditor over others
Transitive: to prefer a creditor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She prefers her mortgage lender over other debts.
āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ‹āϪ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ• āĻ‹āĻŖāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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