The meaning of PREFER is to promote or advance to a rank or position. How to use prefer in a sentence.

1. to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better: I prefer school to work. 2. to give priority to, as to one creditor over another. 3. to put forward or present for consideration or …

She prefers the pronoun she, though she has gone along the gender spectrum, you know, for a while now.

Definition of prefer verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

PREFER definition: to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than. See examples of prefer used in a sentence.

If you prefer someone or something, you like that person or thing better than another, and so you are more likely to choose them if there is a choice. Does he prefer a particular sort of music? [VERB …

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pre‧fer /prɪˈfɜː $ -ˈfɜːr/ S2 W2 verb (preferred, preferring) [transitive] 1 to like someone or something more than someone or something else, so that …

to consider more desirable than something else. She prefers dark chocolate to milk chocolate. He prefers walking to taking the bus. [verb + gerund ] I far prefer her as a candidate over him.

He prefers sports to reading. He prefers a good book to a movie. She prefers chocolate over vanilla.

In psychology, economics and philosophy, preference is a technical term usually used in relation to choosing between alternatives. For example, someone prefers A over B if they would rather choose …