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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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prepossession
English
Etymology
pre- +? possession.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p?i?p??z???n/
Noun
prepossession (countable and uncountable, plural prepossessions)
- Preoccupation; having possession beforehand.
- A preconceived opinion, or previous impression; bias, prejudice.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 386:
- The spontaneous intellect of man always defines the divine which it feels in ways that harmonise with its temporary intellectual prepossessions.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 386:
Quotations
- 1791 : I am fully sensible to the greatness of that freedom, which I take with you on the present occasion; a liberty which seemed to me scarcely allowable, when I reflected on that distinguished and dignified station in which you stand, and the almost general prejudice and prepossession, which is so prevalent in the world against those of my complexion. - Letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson, August 19, 1791
References
- prepossession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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