About The Word Preference
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Preference
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What's The Definition Of Preference?
[n] grant of favor or advantage to one over another (esp to a country or countries in matters of international trade such as levying duties)
[n] the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake" [n] a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation" [n] a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" Synonyms | Synonyms for Preference: druthers | orientation | penchant | predilection | predilection | taste Related Terms | Find terms related to Preference: See Also | acquired taste | advantage | alternative | choice | liking | option | predisposition | vantage | weakness | wish Preference In Webster's Dictionary \Pref"er*ence\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]f['e]rence.]
1. The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred;
the setting of one thing before another; precedence;
higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power
or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his
preference.
Leave the critics on either side to contend about
the preference due to this or that sort of poetry.
--Dryden.
Knowledge of things alone gives a value to our
reasonings, and preference of one man's knowledge
over another's. --Locke.
2. That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior
favor; as, which is your preference?
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