prefer

Pronunciation

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Verb

Plain form prefer

Third-person singular prefers

Past tense preferred

Past participle preferred

Present participle preferring

(transitive) almost never in the progressive

1. 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.

Synonyms

• would rather

Related words

• preferable
• preferably
• preference
• preferential
• preferentially
• preferment