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prefer
English
Alternative forms
- præfer [16th-17th c.]
- preferre [14th-17th c.]
Etymology
From Middle English preferren, from Anglo-Norman preferer and Old French preferer, from Latin praefer?, praeferre. Displaced native Middle English foresettan and foreberan.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???f?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???f??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
prefer (third-person singular simple present prefers, present participle preferring, simple past and past participle preferred)
- (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14thc.]
- I'd prefer it if you didn't do it.
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- (transitive, now dated) To advance, promote (someone or something). [from 14thc.]
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 67,[1]
- […] she was one of my Master’s Captives. For this Reason, I presume, it was, that she took so much Compassion upon me; considering herself a Slave in a strange Country, and only preferr’d to my Master’s Bed by Courtesy.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 67,[1]
- (transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). [from 16thc.]
- 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 137,[2]
- At length the Maroons, who were delighted to have him with them, became discontented with his absence, and for several years, during the sessions of the House of Assembly, preferred repeated complaints against him.
- 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 137,[2]
- (obsolete, transitive) To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to). [16th-19thc.]
- 1630, John Smith, The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, London: Thomas Slater, Chapter 1, p. 2,[3]
- one Master David Hume, who making some use of his purse, gave him Letters to his friends in Scotland to preferre him to King Iames.
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, Volume One, Chapter 17,[4]
- 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 […].
- 1630, John Smith, The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, London: Thomas Slater, Chapter 1, p. 2,[3]
Usage notes
- The verb can be used in three different forms:
- prefer + noun + to (or over) + noun. Example: I prefer coffee to tea.
- prefer + gerund + to (or over) + gerund. Example: I prefer skiing to swimming.
- prefer + full infinitive + rather than + bare infinitive. Example: I prefer to die honorably rather than live in shame. If the second verb is the same as the first, it can be elided: I prefer to eat fish rather than meat.
Inflection
Synonyms
- forechoose
Antonyms
- disprefer
Related terms
- nonpreferred
- preferable / preferrable
- preference
- preferendum
- preferential
- preferer / preferrer
- preferment
- preferred creditor, preferred provider, preferred stock, preferred stockholder
- unpreferred
- prelate
Translations
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pre?fer]
Verb
prefer
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of prefera
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select
English
Etymology
From Latin s?l?ctus, perfect passive participle of s?lig? (“choose out, select”), from s?- (“without; apart”) + leg? (“gather, select”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??l?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Hyphenation: se?lect
Adjective
select (comparative more select, superlative most select)
- Privileged, specially selected.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- Of high quality; top-notch.
Translations
Verb
select (third-person singular simple present selects, present participle selecting, simple past and past participle selected)
- To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
- He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
- The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.
- (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
Synonyms
- (to choose): choose, opt
Antonyms
- deselect
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- celest, elects, scelet
Romanian
Etymology
From French select.
Adjective
select m or n (feminine singular select?, masculine plural selec?i, feminine and neuter plural selecte)
- select
Declension
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