Associations to the word «Prefer»
Noun
- Blonde
- Bidder
- Whichever
- Preference
- Dividend
- Habitat
- Midfield
- Grassland
- Respondent
- Forage
- Substrate
- Crevice
- Vegetation
- Conformation
- Savanna
- Solitude
- Alternative
- Warmer
- Connotation
- Soil
- Seclusion
- Concentrate
- Simpler
- Woodland
- Option
- Nectar
- Prey
- Voter
- Gratification
- Outdoors
- Sumo
- Rainforest
- Burrow
- Spelling
- Dislike
- Choice
- Cooler
- Suitor
- Flavour
- Scrub
- Mutton
- Lender
- Humidity
- Perch
- Drinker
- Conifer
- Sauce
- Linguist
- Modality
- Companionship
- Crustacean
- Watercolor
- Taste
Adjective
Wiktionary
PREFER, verb. (transitive) (now dated) To advance, promote (someone). [from 14thc.]
PREFER, verb. (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14thc.]
PREFER, verb. (transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). [from 16thc.]
PREFER, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to). [16th-19thc.]
Dictionary definition
PREFER, verb. Like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside".
PREFER, verb. Select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast".
PREFER, verb. Promote over another; "he favors his second daughter".
PREFER, verb. Give preference to one creditor over another.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.