prefer
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [[pɹɪˈfɝ]]
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Senses
1. prefer (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
Example: I prefer tea to coffee.
2. prefer (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To advance, promote (someone or something).
Example: So ſhall you haue a ſhorter iourney to your deſires, by the meanes I ſhall then haue to preferre them. And the impediment moſt profitably remoued, without the which there were no expectation of our proſperitie.
3. prefer (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
Example: […], let him go,
And preſently preferre his ſuite to Cæſar.
Structure of the word
Roots:- bʰer (Proto-Indo-European)
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