Prefer definition
To give preference or priority to (a creditor, etc.)
verb
(archaic) To put before someone else in rank, office, etc.; promote; advance.
verb
To choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value.
Prefers coffee to tea.
verb
To put before something or someone else in one's liking, opinion, etc.; like better.
verb
Prefer is defined as to like someone or something better than another.
An example of to prefer is choosing vanilla over chocolate.
verb
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(archaic) To recommend for advancement or appointment; promote.
verb
To give priority or precedence to (a creditor).
verb
To present (a charge) against a defendant before a court.
Prefer an indictment.
verb
To present (a case) to a court as ready for consideration.
Prefer the case for trial.
verb
1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, XVII.
Such were the arguments which my will boldly preferred to my conscience, as coin which ought to be current, and which conscience, like a grumbling shopkeeper, was contented to accept [...].
verb
To put before a magistrate, administrator, court, etc. for consideration, sanction, or redress.
To prefer charges against an attacker.
verb
Origin of prefer
- Middle English preferren from Old French preferer from Latin praeferre prae- pre- ferre to carry bher-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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