preferability
- noun
- /prɪˈfɜrəbɪlɪti/
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preferibilidad
- The preferability of organic produce has increased as more consumers become aware of health benefits.
Examples
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The preferability of this model is due to its superior performance and lower maintenance costs compared to others.
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The usual response, evasion, to a discrepancy between legal possibilities and economic preferability arose.
Academic text (1992) -
When choosing a vacation destination, the preferability of the beach over the mountains was clear to everyone in the group.
Synonyms
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4.1
The quality of being suitable for a situation
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3.2
How right something is for a particular use or situation
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3.7
A state of being enough or suitable for a purpose
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5.0
How much people want something, for example a house or job
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4.1
The degree to which something is likely to help or give a good result
How well something fits a particular use
How right something is for a situation or purpose
The quality that makes people want something
Antonyms
How Desirable
Surface Forms
Morphology
preferability = preferable (transparent) = prefer + able + ity
Formed by adding -ity to the adjective 'preferable' to denote the quality of being preferable, a standard nominalization.
Etymology
The word preferability comes from the word prefer, which means 'to choose something before another' and contains the part pre- meaning 'before'. So, if something has preferability it is more desirable and likely to be chosen 'before' other options.