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preferred English
Meaning preferred meaning
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preferred
Synonyms preferred synonyms
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Tom didn't ask me which I preferred.
Tennis is my preferred sport.
Tom preferred to walk ten kilometres than pay money for a bus ticket.
I've always preferred working alone.
You mean that you preferred to speak Swedish rather than Finnish with Marika?
Elsa was anxious to learn all she could, but Kisika much preferred childish games to anything else.
Tom would have preferred to stay home.
Tom would've preferred to stay home.
Tom preferred the company of his dogs over that of his fellow men.
He preferred working to doing nothing.
Mrs and Mr Kent preferred to go to the mountains last summer.
Many of my friends preferred to study German instead of Spanish.
I preferred to write in English.
I would've preferred not to be here.
He preferred playing the violin to singing.
But no, you preferred to go to the more expensive supermarket.
Tom told me he preferred red wine.
I'd have preferred you do that.
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You wouldn't have preferred flowers, would you?
Even though both bride and bridegroom preferred a quiet ceremony, it was the custom in the area to hold a big celebration.
And writes the preferred list.
I wonder why he preferred to hunt elephants when he could've married me.
But he preferred to remain inarticulate.
You think I'd drag that music lover to court to show people the man you preferred?
At least you might have asked me which I preferred.
You see, Lady Winston, why he preferred live here and in London it has a girl in his house, the monster!
But I preferred the bayonet.
As Charles Foster Kane who owns 82,364 shares of Public Transit Preferred. See, I do have a general idea of my holdings.
He would never know it, but it saved him from taking a flyer on sacred literature preferred.
She preferred it that way.
But you've preferred him! My little demoiselle, I thought you more intelligent.
Yet, he preferred to rob and murder unsuspecting women.
For the last name I would have preferred something else.
I have a more serious charge preferred against you.
Yes, it seemed that they preferred some dish of their own.
I'd have preferred stay with Fritz.
You must have preferred it to hanging Or you wouldn't have pinched on your pals.
It was my duty to invest the money, The law says, in government securities, First mortgages, and certain other preferred stock.
They preferred to change their names.
Yet, he preferred to rob and murder unsuspecting women. He made a business of it.
The Archduchess would have preferred to see the Queen take part at the ceremonies for the anniversary.
Whom would you have preferred, Kenneth?
Many of the audience understandably preferred to return another time to see Margo.
I would have preferred the crocodile.
As Charles Foster Kane who owns 82,364 shares of Public Transit Preferred. See, I do have a general idea of my holdings. I sympathize with you.
I preferred your shame to my death.
I would have preferred the circus, but it was sold out.
You preferred to see him like this rather than talk.
I would've preferred cash, but if you're short, a painting will have to do.
But you've preferred him!
I should have preferred 10 millions.
Many of the audience understandably preferred to return another time to see Margo. But those who remained cheered loudly, lustily and long for Eve.
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The rich countries will benefit, too, because they will be able to choose their preferred mix of reducing emissions and buying up emissions rights from developing nations.
He preferred to confront corrupt institutions one at a time as he consolidated his rule.
And the dollar could still remain the preferred reserve currency, provided it is prudently managed.
For the most part, world leaders preferred not to be bothered with North Korea, and so reacted in an ad hoc way whenever it created a security problem.
No economist can be entirely sure that his preferred model is correct.
Crisis prevention is much to be preferred to intervention; the best way to prevent crises is to foster the development of open societies.
Although Santos was both Uribe's defense minister and preferred successor, relations between the two have soured.
Popper's preferred method, of course, was the ballot box.
That is why they voted five years ago for Tea Party politicians, who preferred a government shutdown to a negotiated deal with Democrats.
Of course, conservatives and Republicans could hope that their own favorite policy priorities would emerge as the administration's preferred strategy.
By identifying the problems and envisioning the preferred solution, one can define the set of constraints into which technological innovation fits, and establish a clear, albeit often difficult, path to its realization.
Not only do investors view the risks of depression and deflation as greater than those of default, but bonds are being preferred to equities for the same reason.
In a recent report, the Berlin DIW (German Institute for Economic Research) drew on a socio-economic survey to ask German employees what were their preferred working hours.
All it means is that, if we want to live harmoniously with another species in our most intimate places, we must recognize that some of the time our preferred modes of reasoning are not theirs.
Indeed, political entanglements are one of two sources of weakness in European-style family capitalism, as owners seek political advantages and preferred access as much as they strive for technical innovation.
But its preferred template was to expand the North America Free Trade Agreement (Canada, Mexico, and the US) to the Andean countries and include huge doses of non-trade-related issues, which they swallowed.
And Europe's preferred solution - more austerity - is merely causing fiscal targets to recede faster.
By issuing preferred shares with warrants (options), one reduces the public's downside risk and ensures that they participate in some of the upside potential.
But, despite past US administrations' opportunity to make their influence felt, they preferred to permit Israel, an allied, friendly state, to do what it wanted.
Worse, in America stock options became a preferred form of compensation - often worth more than an executive's base pay.
Neither alternative is particularly charming, which would explain why he preferred to obscure his country's position.
It calls for the improved predictability of aid flows, with budget support and program-based aid as the preferred means of delivering support.
Many Chinese were disquieted by their government's decision to evacuate China's citizens from Libya, and would have preferred a bolder effort to protect the countries' commercial assets there.
But American nonproliferation experts do not anticipate progress on South Korea's efforts to win support for its preferred policies until the US gains more leverage.
The preferred Chinese way would be that of cooptation and dialogue.