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prefer English

Meaning prefer meaning

What does prefer mean?
Definitions in simple English

prefer

If you prefer something, you like it more than another thing. Sometimes I eat in restaurants, but I prefer to cook. I generally prefer coffee to tea. I just can't enjoy tea.

prefer

like better; value more highly Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels We prefer sleeping outside (= choose, opt) 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 (= favor, favour) promote over another he favors his second daughter give preference to one creditor over another

Synonyms prefer synonyms

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Topics prefer topics

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Conjugation prefer conjugation

How do you conjugate prefer?

prefer · verb

Examples prefer examples

How do I use prefer in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I would prefer to speak to you in private.
I prefer silver rings to gold ones.
I prefer French films to American ones.
Which do you prefer, spring or autumn?
I prefer coffee.
I prefer English to music.
I'd prefer to speak to you in private.
I prefer not to comment.
Do you prefer cats or dogs?
I prefer red.
I prefer English.
Do you prefer living in a city or in a village?
I prefer to look for a solution to problems, not only to report them.
Fifty-two per cent of British women prefer chocolate to sex.
I prefer a hotel by the airport.
I prefer being poor to being rich.
As a rule, I prefer a comedy to a tragedy.
As a rule, I prefer people who deal with matters of this kind directly with those involved.
I prefer apples to all the other fruits.
I prefer traveling by train to flying.
I prefer coffee to tea.
I prefer staying home to going fishing.
I prefer going out to staying at home.
I prefer tea to coffee.

Movie subtitles

I prefer mentor.
I'd been driving two years prior to that, but I prefer to keep things tidy.
I prefer this one.
Would you prefer I went and ate at the saloon?
I'd prefer to stand.
I know which I would prefer.
You have your chance of saving him. Will you be the bride of Erik, or do you prefer to watch your lover die?
Will you be the bride of Erik, or do you prefer to watch your lover die?
I prefer to be among artists than with the royalty..
If I were to buy, I should prefer someplace like Palm Beach.
I prefer to remain. and protect those whom you would destroy.
That part about crumbling walls. I prefer someone a little more normal.
I prefer Dortmunder Union beer.
And I prefer Scotch to bourbon.
Thank you. I prefer North African dresses.
They prefer going barefoot.
That's why I prefer helping you instead of giving advice to you.
I'd prefer not to give my name.
I prefer to remain and protect those whom you would destroy.
I prefer someone a little more normal.
I prefer to walk.
Even to this day I prefer to hunt with it. but alas, even that was too deadly.
I hope you dont mind if I prefer to go back to the train.
With your skin I prefer crimson.
I prefer to keep them on.
I prefer going to prison as a debtor, rather than let my wife starve.
I would prefer if you forgot him.
Perhaps, but I prefer to do it myself.
You prefer to hide it, pretend it isn't there.
Perhaps you prefer a gentleman?
WELL, I PREFER RUSSIA.
DO YOU, UH, WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR SOLITAIRE, OR WOULD YOU PREFER SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES TWO PEOPLE?
I'm afraid, as a rule, I prefer the company of men, particularly if they're bartenders.
If it's all the same to you, I should prefer a great smash.
I prefer the little ones, like you get in plums.

News and current affairs

The complexities of black anger, white guilt, and of black, and white fear, are so vexed that most Americans prefer not to talk about race at all.
Such campaigns go hand-in-hand with expanded farming, because sellers of these foods prefer nearby growers - even if these growers increasingly live in the city.
But many Arabs nowadays prefer to give the US a break.
Better to let the Americans do it, though of course these Shi'a leaders prefer a slow strangulation of al-Sadr to a direct and bloody assault.
Some take consolation from this, viewing it as positive that Europeans prefer leisure to work.
Such viewers say that they would prefer to watch less than they do.
Belief in Bush's honesty led many voters to prefer him to Albert Gore in the 2000 presidential election.
Indeed, we found that all Lebanese families strongly prefer sons over daughters.
For now, however, European policymakers seem to prefer to keep escalating the size of bridge loans to the periphery, not wanting to acknowledge that private markets will ultimately require a more durable and sustainable solution.
Of course, moderates on both sides would prefer as much land and room to maneuver as possible, but they prefer a negotiated compromise aimed at ending the violence.
Instead, bureaucrats and politicians prefer a quota system, whereby bureaucrats, not the market, select who immigrates.
A very conservative regime naturally tends to prefer a Republican candidate over a Democrat.
Leaders of the poor prefer to romanticize the past.
The complexities of black anger, white guilt, and of black, and white fear, are so vexed that most Americans prefer not to talk about race at all. The field is too full of mines.
Fixated on stability - a concept alien to US politicians and policymakers - the Chinese prefer, instead, to play a more active role in managing the adjustment of their currency.
They prefer what they see as the rugged individualism of free-market forces, a level capitalist playing field, and a weak state that does not impinge on their personal choices.
Many surveys show that it is almost like an addiction, with a short-term benefit leading to long-term unhappiness and remorse. Such viewers say that they would prefer to watch less than they do.
If you want America to lead by the power of example, you favor Barack Obama; if you want to be reassured by the continuation of America's power in a traditional security sense, you probably prefer John McCain.
Under Nigeria's various dictatorships, for example, many journalists underwent a rite of passage that most prefer to forget: routine harassment, beatings, torture, frame-ups on spurious charges, and incongruously long prison sentences.
At first glance, this vision seems entirely reasonable; after all, most countries prefer to manage domestic and regional affairs without the meddling of outside powers.

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