prefer in English

verb

1

like (one thing or person) better than another or others; tend to choose.

I prefer Venice to Rome

synonyms: like better, would rather (have), would sooner (have), favor, be more partial to, choose, select, pick, opt for, go for

2

submit (a charge or a piece of information) for consideration.

the police will prefer charges

synonyms: bring, press, file, lodge, lay

3

promote or advance (someone) to a prestigious position.

he was preferred to the post

synonyms: promote, upgrade, raise, elevate

verb

like better, would rather (have), would sooner (have), favor, be more partial to, choose, select, pick, opt for, go for
bring, press, file, lodge, lay
promote, upgrade, raise, elevate
favor
opt, choose

Use "prefer" in a sentence

1. Some people prefer a vegetarian diet, while others prefer a meat-based diet.

2. I prefer soft drink.

3. Because you prefer nights?

4. I'd prefer you grovel.

5. Would you prefer impersonal?

6. I prefer playing singles .

7. Dukes Prefer Bluestockings (Wedding Trouble)

8. They prefer Audiotapes to letters

9. I prefer good American cheese.

10. Prefer & HTML to Plain Text

11. But actually, I prefer ether.

12. I prefer a little embellishment.

13. I prefer pyjamas to nightdresses.

14. I prefer death to dishonor.

15. I prefer waling to riding .

16. I prefer the Old Testament.

17. I prefer quality to quantity.

18. I prefer biography to fiction.

19. I prefer farce to tragedy.

20. I'd prefer a baked potato.

21. I'd prefer a soft drink.

22. Anoles that prefer arboreal habitats …

23. I prefer travelling by day.

24. Maybe you'd prefer half dried?

25. You prefer pie or strudel?

26. I prefer savory to sweet.

27. Most species prefer cooler environments.

28. I prefer tea to coffee.

29. I prefer comedy to tragedy.

30. Well, I prefer Ferris wheel.

31. I prefer stories about squalor.

32. American writers tend to prefer Airplane, while their British counterparts prefer aeroplane, at least for now.

33. The Brothels themselves prefer calling

34. Yellow-billed Babblers prefer drier

35. I prefer poems that rhyme.

36. I prefer reading non-fiction.

37. Choose whichever brand you prefer.

38. I prefer wine to sweets.

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40. Armyworms prefer crops and lawn grasses

41. Prefer talking to Ouija- board through?

42. OK, if that's what you prefer.

43. Do you prefer comedy or tragedy?

44. Some people prefer camping and caravanning.

45. I think I'd prefer that too.

46. 27 I'd prefer you not to.

47. 23 I prefer comedy to tragedy.

48. 8 I prefer farce to tragedy.

49. 5 I prefer savory to sweet.

50. Most people prefer buying to sewing.