preferable
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3.7
- adjective
- /prɪˈfɛrəbəl/
:
preferible
- In this situation, a calm approach is preferable to an aggressive one.
- thus preferable
Well, the Army's much preferable 'cause you got your freedom and what you know.
- Well, the Army's much preferable 'cause you got your freedom and what you know.
- Yeah, I actually think this is preferable for me.
- I have to explain why democracy is preferable to autocracy.
- So you know, it's not, it's not like it's terrible, but I do think it's preferable if you are getting the wild salmon.
- That would also be nice, though if they were less random and more targeted that could be preferable.
- Just, you know, try to recognize that socialism is preferable to some of the crap that goes on now.
- Obviously life is good and I think that realising there can be a level of discomfort that you can reach in life where death is preferable to life.
- And it's also like the reason texting is so preferable to telephone calls is because you do have to do the small talk chitchat when you call.
- So they are both clearly still much preferable to fossil fuels, but the need to store them also makes nuclear power increasingly look like a really good idea.
- But that being free with all its costs and all its consequences is always going to be preferable to being cosseted to being safe.
- Even if we do that, though, I still think panpsychism is preferable to the to the other options for the reasons I gave.
- To him they are preferable to, you know, no more terrorism.
- What is more choice worthy or preferable?
Examples
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Cooperation is preferable to coercion, sergeant.
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In this case, Renzulli's model might be preferable to the direct teaching one.
Academic text (1991) -
I think it would be preferable if you left first.
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Military training is preferable, but anyone who can fly a plane would be useful.
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Is there an ideal point where it is preferable to focus on differences?
Academic text (2011) -
"Working together on this small matter," Alick said, "is perhaps preferable to fighting about it."
Fiction book (1992) -
I have to explain why democracy is preferable to autocracy.
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In this poll, 71 percent held that democracy was always preferable to any other kind of government.
Academic text (2011) -
Therefore, in practice, it may be preferable to define catch rights as a percentage of TAC.
Academic text (1991) -
But if you want an A, you know that if you put in the time to work the effort, you will get that A, wouldn't that be preferable to what we currently have?
Synonyms
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4.2
Better in quality or performance than similar things
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2.8
Liked or chosen more than others
A person who gets better treatment and more benefits than others
Antonyms
How Desirable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Preferable comes from Latin parts pre- 'before' and ferre 'to carry', and the same idea is in the word prefer. This is why a preferable choice is the one you 'place before' others and is the 'better' or more liked option.