Prefer синонимы на английском

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

1. prefer

   Prefer indicates a state of desire and approval; choose, an act of will. Prudence or generosity may lead one to choose what he does not prefer. Select implies a careful consideration of the reasons for preference and choice. Among objects so nearly alike that we have no reason to prefer any one to another we may simply choose the nearest, but we could not be said to select it. Aside from theology, elect is popularly confined to the political sense; as, a free people elect their own rulers. Cull, from the Latin colligere, commonly means to collect, as well as to select. In a garden we cull the choicest flowers.

   Synonyms:
   choose, cull, elect, pick, pick out, select

   Antonyms:
   cast away, cast out, decline, disclaim, dismiss, leave, refuse, reject, repudiate, throw aside

   Preposition:
   Choose from or from among the number; choose out of the army; choose between (or betwixt) two; among many; choose for the purpose.

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1. prefer

   Synonyms:
   choose, elect, select, fancy, promote, advance, further

   Antonyms:
   reject, postpone, defer, withhold, degrade, depress

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. preferverb

   like better; value more highly

   «Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels»; «We prefer sleeping outside»

   Synonyms:
   choose, favor, favour, opt

2. choose, prefer, optverb

   select as an alternative over another

   «I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant»; «She opted for the job on the East coast»

   Synonyms:
   take, select, choose, opt, favor, favour, pick out

3. prefer, favor, favourverb

   promote over another

   «he favors his second daughter»

   Synonyms:
   choose, favor, privilege, favour, opt

4. preferverb

   give preference to one creditor over another

   Synonyms:
   choose, favor, favour, opt

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1. • Law
   • Like
   • Pay
   • Promote

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. preferverb

   Synonyms:
   offer, present, address, bring forward, set forth

2. preferverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, exalt, promote, advance

3. preferverb

   Synonyms:
   choose, select, elect, pick, pick out, single out, fix upon, pitch upon

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How to use prefer in a sentence?

1. Wendy Eidson:

   The family would prefer to have people know it’s just a movie, it’s just fiction.

2. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:

   I think he came here today and touched on some very, very important issues that a lot of people would prefer not to talk about. And that is the issue of poverty, the issue of environmental degradation, immigration, the death penalty, the need to do everything we can to create a peaceful world, and I think he did it in a very dignified, non-partisan type way.

3. Brian Custer:

   Policy at this level moves at a slower pace than people would prefer, but it is years, not decades away.

4. Alan Gayle:

   We’re coming up on zero hour for this crisis and it may well be that a number of investors will prefer to wait on the sidelines for the dust to settle.

5. Health Minister Olivier Veran:

   They take a while to make but they offer security. I prefer that to telling French people to put a scarf around their nose or make a mask from a T-shirt.

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• аддаць перавагу, аддаваць перавагуBelarusian
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• पसंद करते हैंHindi
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• malo, addīcōLatin
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• wolećPolish
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• preferaRomanian
• предпочитать, предпочестьRussian
• föredra, föredragaSwedish
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• کو ترجیح دیتے ہیںUrdu
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