preferable
preferable
Definition
pref·er·able (pref′ər ə bəl)
adjective
more desirable; to be preferred
Related Forms:
- preferability pref′·er·abil′·ity noun or preferableness pref′·er·able·ness
- preferably pref′·er·ably adverb
preferable
Synonyms
preferable
Usage Examples
Infinitive complement
- avoid: Completion is even more preferable to avoid any argument with the Inland Revenue.
- obtain: Where the R&E method is appropriate, it is preferable to obtain full accounts for at least three full years leading up to AVD.
- use: In such cases it is preferable to use a double quoted text string.
- keep: It is preferable to keep the guns in their slips or cases.
- start: Therefore it is preferable to start planting up with conifers in autumn followed by other surrounding plants during the following season.
- have: It would be preferable to have 3 adults in the crèche.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: On side effects alone this would seem preferable to normal external beam treatment.
- appear: Their circumstances are such that, in practice, death appears preferable to more life.
- consider: Paragraph 3.5 states that, " ... single rooms would normally be considered preferable to shared rooms.
Modifying Another Word
- infinitely: A visit to your local Habitat is infinitely preferable to shopping online.
- environmentally: Identifying environmentally preferable products that meet basic quality specifications.
- morally: That seems to me to be morally preferable than throwing away embryos that you can't use in an IVF program.
- far: A gentle let down is far preferable to being ignored.
- obviously: This is obviously preferable to you having to take the initiative to ask them!
Modifies a noun
- alternative: No small number are now leaving for these jobs as preferable alternatives.
- option: Making no order must be the least preferable option.
- solution: The preferable solution is to ensure that the route is clear on the ground.
- choice: The preferable choice would be to use local resources wherever possible.
- method: The user has the option to choose the most preferable method of pain relief at anyone time.
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