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verb (used with object), -ferred, -fer·ring.
1.
to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
2.
Law. to give priority, as to one creditor over another.
3.
to put forward or present (a statement, suit, charge, etc.) for consideration or sanction.
4.
to put forward or advance, as in rank or office; promote: to be preferred for advancement.
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Preferring
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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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
EXPANDsense in English is preserved in preferment.
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