Prefer (Verb)
Meaning 1
Give preference to one creditor over another.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Meaning 2
Like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- I prefer reading novels to watching movies on my free time.
- She prefers her coffee black rather than with sugar and cream.
- Some people prefer biking to driving for daily commutes.
- They prefer visiting the countryside to going to crowded cities.
- The family prefers traditional home-cooked meals to dining out.
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Meaning 3
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".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- She prefers the mountain resort to the beach for her vacation every year.
- I prefer buying from local stores rather than shopping online.
- He would prefer a manual transmission over an automatic in his new car.
- She prefers taking the train whenever she travels to neighboring cities.
- They prefer homemade meals to eating out on weekends.
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Meaning 4
Promote over another; "he favors his second daughter".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The manager often prefers to give important tasks to his favorite employee over other team members.
- She prefers to have her son handle the family business rather than her daughter.
- He prefers playing with his youngest child more often due to their similar interests.
- The teacher clearly prefers one group in the classroom, giving them more attention and help.
- The general tends to prefer officers that graduated from the top military academies.