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01. I much [prefer] locally made beer to the kind made by the big breweries.
02. Francis thought marmalade on toast was [preferable] to strawberry jam.
03. I would like to travel to Europe next spring, [preferably] to Italy.
04. Joseph likes playing soccer, but Lawrence's [preference] is baseball.
05. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu once said, "I [prefer] liberty to chains of diamonds."
06. Would you prefer to travel to Mexico in March or in April?
07. Sammy [prefers] woollen gloves, but I like fleece mitts.
08. Studies show that mosquitoes [prefer] children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.
09. It is the female lion who does more than 90 percent of the hunting, while the male is afraid to risk his life, or simply [prefers] to rest.
10. I don't mind eating meat, but I really [prefer] vegetarian meals.
11. Mosquitoes [prefer] children to adults.
12. A Hebrew proverb notes that a woman [prefers] poverty with love to wealth without love.
13. A Filipino proverb suggests that the bitterness of studying is [preferable] to the bitterness of ignorance.
14. A Spanish proverb states that in a choice between bad company and loneliness, the second is [preferable].
15. I would [prefer] that you children play outside this afternoon. I want to clean up the house a bit.
16. We can have the meeting today or tomorrow; I don't really have any [preference].
17. When filling positions which come open from time to time, we generally give [preference] to internal applicants.
18. Some of the parents of the other kids on the team believe the coach has been giving [preferential] treatment to his own son.
19. Julius Caesar once commented, "Which death is [preferable] to every other? The unexpected."

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • prefer — 1. The inflected forms of the verb are preferred, preferring, but other derivatives have a single r (preferable, preferably, preference, preferential, preferment). 2. When the subject of prefer is the same as that of a following subordinate verb …   Modern English usage

  • Prefer — Pre*fer , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preferring}.] [F. pr[ e]f[ e]rer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prefer — pre·fer /pri fər/ vt pre·ferred, pre·fer·ring 1: to give (a creditor or debt) priority or preference any preferred charges such as child support or alimony In re Smiley, 427 P.2d 179 (1967) 2: to bring forward for determination; esp: to bring (a… …   Law dictionary

  • prefer — [prē fʉr′, prifʉr′] vt. preferred, preferring [ME preferren < MFr preferer < L praeferre, to place before < prae , PRE + ferre, BEAR1] 1. to put before someone else in rank, office, etc.; promote; advance 2. to put before a magistrate,… …   English World dictionary

  • 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 (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + ferre to carry, to place (see INFER (Cf. infer)). Meaning to esteem (something)… …   Etymology dictionary

  • prefer — 1 *choose, select, elect, opt, pick, cull, single Analogous words: accept, *receive, admit, take: *approve, endorse, sanction: favor, *oblige, accommodate 2 *offer, proffer, tender, pr …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • prefer — [v] favor; single out adopt, advance, aggrandize, be partial to, be turned on to, choose, cull, desire, elect, elevate, fancy, finger, fix upon, go for, incline, like better, mark, optate, opt for, pick, place, pose, present, promote, propone,… …   New thesaurus

  • prefer — ► VERB (preferred, preferring) 1) like (someone or something) better than another or others; tend to choose. 2) formal submit (a charge or information) for consideration. 3) archaic promote to a prestigious position. ORIGIN Latin praeferre bear… …   English terms dictionary

  • prefer */*/*/ — UK [prɪˈfɜː(r)] / US [prɪˈfɜr] verb [transitive] Word forms prefer : present tense I/you/we/they prefer he/she/it prefers present participle preferring past tense preferred past participle preferred [never progressive] to like or want someone or… …   English dictionary

  • prefer — v. 1) (D; tr.) ( to bring ) to prefer against (to prefer charges against smb.) 2) (D; tr.) to prefer to (she prefers fish to meat) 3) (E) we prefer to remain at home 4) (G) I preferred going to a concert 5) (esp. BE) (H; no passive) I d prefer… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • prefer — pre|fer [ prı fɜr ] verb transitive *** never progressive to like or want someone or something more than someone or something else: Which do you prefer, the red or the blue one? prefer someone/something to someone/something: Even today, most… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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