Prefer

What do we mean by prefer?

To choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value. transitive verb

To give priority or precedence to (a creditor). transitive verb

To present (a charge) against a defendant before a court. transitive verb

To present (a case) to a court as ready for consideration. transitive verb

To recommend for advancement or appointment; promote. transitive verb

To bring or set before; present; proffer; offer.

To offer for consideration or decision; set forth; present in a conventional or formal manner, as a suit, prayer, or accusation.

To bring into notice or favor; recommend.

To bring forward or advance in dignity or office; raise; exalt.

To set before other things in estimation; hold in greater liking or esteem; choose; incline more toward.

Specifically, in law, to give a preference to. See preference, 2.

To outrank; be reckoned preferable to.

To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. transitive verb

To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass. transitive verb

To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote. transitive verb

To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above. transitive verb

Stock which takes a dividend before other capital stock; -- called also preference stock and preferential stock. transitive verb

Select as an alternative over another verb

Give preference to one creditor over another verb

To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.

To advance, promote (someone or something).

To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").

To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to).

Words that are spelled similarly to prefer:
prefer, refer, profer, preter, preyer, prever.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word prefer:
inhabit, warmer, preference, nests, prey, shade, vegetation, eat, moist, nest, sandy, tend, shallow, mate, streams, rocky, dense, preferred, feed, rather, feeding, soil, insects, avoid, easier, forests, warm, eggs, habitat, larvae, waters, dry, trees, wet, stay, spend, diet, term, choose, meat, sand.

Words that rhyme with prefer:
defer, confer, infer, entrepreneur, concur, incur, spur, refer, transfer, were, demur, per, occur, amateur, stir, deter, er, blur, slur, fir, inter, connoisseur, burr, her, fur, chauffeur, recur, cur, sir, myrrh, purr, bur, liqueur, ur, durr, fer, ter, pur, fleur, sur, reoccur, der, saboteur, restaurateur, monsieur, ver, shirr, birr, larkspur, kerr, yer, pere, ker, hur, restauranteur, douglas fir, bir, murr, sher, shir, longspur, thur, spurr, eure, schnur, furr, cofer, shur, gurr, big sur, derbyshire, schur, mercosur, balsam fir, lafleur, white fir, dirr, santa lucia fir, scher, coffee liqueur, silver fir, schwer, legal transfer, orange liqueur, oregon fir, colorado fir, grand fir, green douglas fir, pacific silver fir, true fir, alpine fir, joint fir, ground fir, gum myrrh, red silver fir, fraser fir, california white fir, giant fir, rocket larkspur, lowland fir.

Adjectives that are often used to describe prefer:
otherwise, most, gentlemen.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective prefer:
company, girls, death, action, articles, loss, sun, experience, grace, queries, man, eel, nouns, information, plays, applicants, person, candidates, men, verbs, rules, casts, truth, staging, simplicity, fish, repetition, task, clarity, knowledge, independence, water, objects, position, alternatives, causes, shade, degree, virtue, right, methods, quality, work, verb, products, letters, elders, understatement, nothing, movies.

Consonant match to prefer:
proffer, proofer, proof a, proof e, proof he, proof her, proof i.

Words that sound like prefer:
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