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preference
English
Alternative forms
- præference (archaic)
Etymology 1
From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia. Doublet of preferans.
Morphologically prefer +? -ence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??f(?)?(?)ns/
Noun
preference (countable and uncountable, plural preferences)
- The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
- He has a preference for crisp wines.
- The option to so select, and the one selected.
- The state of being preferred over others.
- A strong liking or personal valuation.
- A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
Synonyms
- forechoice
- (preferential bias): see Thesaurus:predilection
Derived terms
- preference share(s}
- preference stock
Translations
Verb
preference (third-person singular simple present preferences, present participle preferencing, simple past and past participle preferenced)
- (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
See also
- preferences
Etymology 2
Noun
preference (uncountable)
- Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pr?f?r?nt?s?]
Noun
preference f
- preference (selection of one thing or person over others)
Derived terms
- preferen?ní
Related terms
- See oferta
- preferovat
See also
- up?ednostn?ní
Further reading
- preference in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- preference in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Middle French
Noun
preference f (plural preferences)
- preference (option preferred over another option)
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handedness
English
Etymology
handed +? -ness
Noun
handedness (countable and uncountable, plural handednesses)
- (chemistry, physics) The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove.
- A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other.
Synonyms
- (difference between a left and right): chirality
Hypernyms
- laterality
Hyponyms
- left-handedness
- right-handedness
Related terms
- left-handed
- right-handed
Translations
See also
- chiral
- eyedness
- footedness
handedness From the web:
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- what handedness is lebron james
- what handedness means
- what handedness in tagalog
- what determines handedness
- what causes handedness
- what does handedness mean
- what is handedness in child development
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