preference
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈprɛfərəns/
- And I eat cooked food, but my preference is more live food.
- personal preferences
- express a preference
- preference assessment
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I eat cooked food, but my preference is more live food.
- And I eat cooked food, but my preference is more live food.
- Now that refers to people that change hand preference between different tasks.
- She catered for many types of preferences that people had.
- You can't change a person's likes, wants, preferences and needs, right?
- So that's an example of a preference shift that shifts demand.
- There has to be something going beyond mere preferences in practices.
- And yeah, as as your preferences change across time.
- So we'll be seeing a shift in terms of consumer preference soon, no doubt.
- And so almost all of our preferences are are culturally driven.
- It nudges your preferences to make you easier to predict.
- I just have my size preferences and colors and stuff saved.
- And so your preferences might change over time.
- Based on your personal preference, based on service, there you go.
Examples
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When it comes to movies, my preference is always for comedies rather than dramas.
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While a majority of males expressed a preference for operating their own business, females did not.
Academic text (2012) -
This is a personal preference thing for me.
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Do you have any preference, boy or girl?
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If you have a preference, act now.
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So we'll be seeing a shift in terms of consumer preference soon, no doubt.
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Do you have a preference?
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Everyone's food preference is so different from mine.
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Do you have a preference as to which floor, Mr Ramsey?
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I don't care what your preferences are.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person or thing you like more than others
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4.1
A person's liking for styles, clothes, or art
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1.0
A feeling of pleasure for a person or thing
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8.2
A strong liking for something you do often
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8.4
A strong liking for something, like a type of food or music
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3.4
A tendency to prefer one idea or activity
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7.9
Most liked thing of its kind used before a noun
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Compounds
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6.8
An investment that gives a fixed payment before other company investors and usually has no voting rights
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Etymology
Preference comes from the Latin parts pre- 'before' and ferre 'to carry', and it is the same root as prefer, which helps you remember that to prefer is to 'put one thing before another'. So a preference is when you like or choose one thing more than others.