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prefer [ pre·fer ]
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Verb (prefers, preferring, preferred)
1. Like (one thing or person) better than another or others; tend to choose.
Val would presumably prefer that you didn't get arrested
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2. Submit (a charge or a piece of information) for consideration.
Jane has been the victim of an unlawful drugs raid although no charges were preferred after it.
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3. Promote or advance (someone) to a prestigious position.
he was eventually preferred to the bishopric of Durham
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1. Late Middle English from Old French preferer, from Latin praeferre, from prae ‘before’ + ferre ‘to bear, carry’.
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