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preferred   (TTS Sound)

The verb prefer has 4 senses

• prefer -- (like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside")


• choose, prefer, opt -- (select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast")


• prefer, favor, favour -- (promote over another; "he favors his second daughter")


• prefer -- (give preference to one creditor over another)

The adj preferred has 2 senses

• preferable, preferred -- (more desirable than another; "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'")


• favored, favorite, favourite, best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent -- (preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child")