preference
Meaning of preference
- The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
He has a preference for crisp wines.
- The option to so select, and the one selected.
Can I keep my preferences when I upgrade to the new version of this application?
- The state of being preferred over others.
- A strong liking or personal valuation.
- A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
verb
To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
noun
Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
Information about preference
- The plural form of preference is: preferences.
- Languages in which preference is used:
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Hyphenation of preference
pref-er-ence
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- preference is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
preference synonyms
Meaning penchant:
Meaning predilection:
Meaning druthers:
Meaning :
Translation of preference
- Portuguese: preferência
- French: préférence
- German: Präferenz, Einstellung
- Spanish: preferencia, preferido, preferida
- Italian: preferenza, preferito, preferenze
Words that rhyme with preference
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