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verb (used with object), -ferred, -fer·ring.

to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.

Law. to give priority, as to one creditor over another.

to put forward or present (a statement, suit, charge, etc.) for consideration or sanction.

to put forward or advance, as in rank or office; promote: to be preferred for advancement.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English preferre < Latin praeferre to bear before, set before, prefer, equivalent to prae- pre- + ferre to bear¹

Related forms

pre·fer·red·ly

[pri-fur-id-lee, -furd-lee] , adverb

pre·fer·red·ness, noun

pre·fer·rer, noun

un·pre·ferred, adjective

Synonyms
1. favor, fancy. See choose. 3. offer, proffer, tender.

Antonyms
1. reject. 3. retract.

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Teaching experience is higher education strongly preferred.

One recent out-of-towner was so terrified by the strange formations that he preferred to travel by taxi.

When the apparatus was reintroduced two months later, the chimps reverted to their own culture's preferred method.

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Teaching experience is higher education strongly preferred.

One recent out-of-towner was so terrified by the strange formations that he preferred to travel by taxi.

When the apparatus was reintroduced two months later, the chimps reverted to their own culture's preferred method.

And within about ten minutes, even the sweet-blind mice preferred the sugar water.

Others quickly jumped in with their own preferred visions of prehistoric life.

Our tasters preferred the smoother texture that results from peeling the fruit.

The tip of our tongue loved sweet things, while the sides preferred sour.

Reach students using their preferred method of communication-and in their preferred language.

The capital would come in the form of non-voting preferred stock.

The moth people would have preferred more humidity, with thunderstorms threatening, if possible.

No real study of this preferred siting has been done.

Herbivores preferred flat bones-such as tibias, mandibles and ribs-that they could more easily hold in their mouths.

If grown outside their preferred climate, they're best treated as annuals.

Logic has been and is still my preferred audio recording and editing program.

Formal training in the field of nutrition is also preferred.

The reason that this form of solar power is preferred over direct conversion is, of course, energy storage.

Willow also has become the preferred site for its rural setting, officials said.

Because there is no preferred direction in empty space, rotations in three dimensions are symmetric.

The only victims would be ski slopes and polar bearsBut climate change-the preferred term for our global phenomenon-is messier.

Spreads fairly fast in its preferred rich,moist soil.

Surely there were meatier parts of the mammoth's body that would have been preferred by these large scavengers.

Community college teaching and experience with technology preferred.

It is also a land grab: an attempt to map out preferred borders.

The bigger it gets, the bigger its preferred prey becomes.

Earlier work had shown that in bird species that engage in lekking, females often compete for preferred males.

Asch preferred to keep things simple: one microphone, one track, and let the music speak for itself.

Convenient and quality amenities include a consolidated rental car facility to help you get to your preferred destination.

College level teaching experience in the finance field preferred.

Problems are avoided or denied for as long as possible, witch-hunts preferred to real change.

While the pigs provide a steady source of food for the eagles, their preferred prey is the fox.

But when asked how well the lecturer relates to the students, each gender preferred their own.

Ignoring science in favor of a preferred outlook on the world can have devastating consequences.

The preferred culinary marjoram, this is often grown as an annual more add to my plant list.

Business and teaching experience in the field of finance preferred.

He thought it too complicated and in any case he preferred walking.

On the harsh desert terrain, horses are preferred to bicycles for the daily job of counting and herding animals.

Further surfing reveals that natural rubber is preferred for the tread of tires.

Sauropod fossils are found primarily among inland deposits, perhaps indicating that these dinosaurs preferred inland habitats.

The preferred culinary marjoram, this is often grown as an annual add to my plant list.

Experience working in a multicultural environment is also preferred.

First the experimenters confirmed that roughly half the students preferred each good.

Bears tend to prefer locations where they can use their preferred fishing technique.

Turned out the subjects significantly preferred a spoiled version of the ironic twist stories best.

Both my parents loved animals, but preferred cats over all others.

We preferred the type with the door at the top, because it made reaching in easier.

Experience in the practice of management, use of management processes and tools preferredInternational experience preferred.

They preferred to focus on the sea rather than the islands.

Instead, they preferred to investigate the elephant remains, especially the ivory.

Researchers know that certain terpenoids attract specific parasitoids to their preferred hosts.

Her father was a cabinetmaker who preferred to hunt for fossils, but neither occupation brought the family much money.

Experience with community based translational research in obesity and diabetes prevention is preferred.

They preferred that she stay in school, and would actually beat her when they knew she had been out singing.

Reverse osmosis is clearly the preferred method using currently available technology.

Bernard, meanwhile, preferred to paint from his imagination.

The ability to teach a human cadaver-based anatomy course is preferred.

These social animals cooperate on their preferred prey-large animals such as deer, elk, and moose.

It is a question of how much processing you can afford and what the preferred end state is.

The preferred treatments for melancholy in his time were purges, emetics, bleedings and physical punishment.

Previous university teaching experience and evidence of successful student recruitment preferred.

From what scientists can tell, their preferred diet is deer and wild pigs called peccaries.

There was always rice, cooked to perfection and topped with gravy or butter, as you preferred.

Candidates who can contribute to the college's interdisciplinary programs are preferred.

Preferred areas of specialization: avant-garde movements, colonial/postcolonial issues, or migration studies.

Experience in supporting faculty use of technology preferred.

Work experience in residential life and demonstrated supervisory experience strongly preferred.

Proceeds from the preferred stock sale will be used to repurchase the common shares.

When traps and poison failed to work, shooting became the preferred method for controlling the crow population.

More energy-efficient light-emitting diodes are rapidly becoming the preferred lighting solution worldwide.

To achieve his preferred scaled-down look, also known as tilt-shift.

By that measure of capital, every dollar a bank converts from preferred to common shares becomes an additional dollar of capital.

The bulk of state investments in banks has been in preferred stock, rather than in the purest form of capital.

Choose your preferred meaning and decorate your desktop accordingly.

But when they get close they turn away from our heads and dive for our feet-apparently their preferred snack spot.

In years past, the preferred solution to garden problems was to eradicate the.

She preferred her wedding china and linens to my mismatched dishes and homespun tablecloth.

Students rarely comparison shop and often rely on the preferred lenders list recommended by universities to take out a loan.

It is true that one can do an end run around one's preferred style.

It has a few neat features, but has a long way to go before it becomes my preferred method of app discovery.

The courts will decide if the preferred lender agreements are legal.

With their preferred food sources unavailable, they forage farther and expose themselves to.

It is the preferred treatment for falciparum malaria because many strains are resistant to choloroquine.

Its point-and-click interface killed the text parser game designers preferred until then.

Expertise related to secondary science teacher education is preferred.

Ask students to describe the manatees' range and preferred habitats.

The preferred path is a straight line, because that is the quickest route away from aggressors.

On average, animals and plants will be forced to migrate a quarter mile per year to stay within their preferred habitat.

But mainstream metal bands generally preferred death as a theme.

Farther from the coast, ants increasingly preferred the saltier baits.

Instead reductions in care to the aged and poor are the preferred cost-control mechanisms.

Before that, many paleontologists preferred to leave the bones alone.

In so doing, he became the preferred confidant of the players that everyone in the industry wanted to know about.

Thirty-six percent preferred professors on long-term contracts.

Before that, nickel-metal hydride batteries were preferred for many applications.

The birds preferred to retrieve the worms, unless a long period of time had elapsed.

And this decline has forced killer whales to eat otters instead of their preferred prey of seals or sea lions.

The preferred filler was apomorphine which induces vomiting.

Prior work experience in a music library is preferred.

He liked to buy his lorries new, and he preferred hire purchase because you kept your cash and made it grow.

Certain areas seemed to adopt a preferred number of stones.

Poison may have been the preferred murder weapon of women, but its use also crossed gender lines.

The headboard of the couple's bed is a cast-off footboard from a tall client who preferred to stretch out while sleeping.

Instead of using the brute-force method of hammer and cold-chisel preferred by tough-guys such.

These tweak the basic structure into the optimal shape, though some players preferred to do that by hand.

The preferred recording device is known as a laser vibrometer.

If it becomes the preferred strategy, it's partly because the liar had reason to be better at it than otherwise.

Then you can settle onto the seat, which is heated to your preferred temperature.

Master's degree in higher education, international studies or related field preferred.

Examples of his natural history photography on this site include many shots of this wild bird's preferred food, lemmings.

True to form, the control group preferred their own race and gender.

Still, if customers preferred smaller hardware costs and higher operating fees, he would still consider that approach.

Electronic submission of applications and correspondence is strongly preferred.

The older generation preferred a tight-lipped approach.

The following is the version of history preferred by college and university professors today.

Seasoned collectors typically have a preferred cleaning method, but novices shouldn't fret.

Knowledge of academic or federal law libraries is preferred.

The orangutans' preferred food is fruit, which often includes seeds.

Discerning travelers can use these sites for a la carte booking of preferred airlines and hotel.

Went back and forth between stick and automatic for years, but always preferred the stick.

Women in a recent experiment preferred men with yellower.

Either way, sheathing my manhood in a prophylactic into which he had spit wouldn't be the preferred method.

Halfmann says, and preferred the deck likely to give them a bigger but distant payout.

He speculates that conditions preferred by these species aren't available in rivers.

Preferred experience and skills in working with geographically distributed team.

The problem is that high tech cultures tend to develop their preferred pathways of thinking and approaching certain challenges.

Yes, the modern languages will continue to be the preferred first target for downsizers and retrenchers.

However, somewhat surprisingly, the study failed to show that owners preferred this particular smell over the other.

Of course, there were a a few men who preferred men and a few women who preferred womeneven in the best of families.

Point out that predators often have specialized structures and behaviors that help them catch their preferred prey.

Everyone has a preferred way of organizing their daily lives, but fitting a vacation into your normal system can be difficult.

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Word Origin & History

prefer

late 14c., "to put forward or advance in rank or fortune, to promote," from L. praeferre "place or set before, carry in front," from prae- "before" + ferre "to carry, to place" (see infer). Meaning "to esteem (something) more than others" is recorded from late 14c. Original

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sense in English is preserved in preferment.

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