preference

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  1. noun The selecting of someone or something over another or others.
  2. noun The right or chance to so choose.
  3. noun Someone or something so chosen. See Synonyms at choice.
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  • Such a preference was answered with a swift and permanent removal from civilized society. —  One Shot by Lee Child
  • Bolivar had, upon the occasion of Piar's treachery, shown himself capable of decisive, if difficult action; but his preference was always for justice tempered with mercy. —  Simon Bolivar, the Liberator
  • Nor must it be supposed that this preference was the effect of indolence. —  Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell
  • Councilman Danny Dunagan asked Heery International project manager Mike Tomy what his preference was and Tomy said he would focus on security.
  • "Those places don't pay a lot so we play at bars every once in a while to make ends meet, but our preference is the bee farms," drummer and KU senior David Thomas says. —  Kansan.com stories
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prejudice ·  inclination ·  desire ·  wish ·  tendency ·  behavior ·  attachment ·  requirement ·  bias ·  ability ·  motive ·  consideration

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preference:   preferences
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English preferraunce, preferment, from Old French preference, from preferer, to prefer; see prefer.

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  1. = French préférence = Spanish Portuguese preferencia = Italian preferenza, from Middle Latin præferentia, preference, from Latin præferen(t-)s, present participle of præferre, place or set before: see prefer.
 

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/ˈprɛfərəns/
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