preference

English

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Alternative forms

• præference (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/

Noun

Wikipedia

preference (plural preferences)

1. The selection of one thing or person over others.
2. The option to so select, and the one selected.
   • 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18: 

     Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.

   Can I keep my preferences when I upgrade to the new version of this application?

3. The state of being preferred over others.
4. A strong liking or personal valuation.
5. A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
6. Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

Translations

selection

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優選, 优选 (yōuxuǎn), 選擇 (zh), 选择 (zh) (xuǎnzé)

• Finnish: valinta (fi), preferenssi
• French: préférence (fr) f
• Haitian Creole: preferans
• Hebrew: העדפה f (Ha`adafá)
• Japanese: 選択 (ja) (sentaku)

• Navajo: siłkidígíí
• Portuguese: preferência (pt) f
• Romanian: preferință (ro) f
• Russian: выбор (ru) m (výbor)
• Swedish: företräde (sv), preferens (sv)
• Turkish: tercih (tr)

chance to select or selected

• Finnish: valinta (fi)
• Hebrew: העדפה f (Ha`adafá)
• Navajo: siłkidígíí
• Portuguese: preferência (pt) f

• Romanian: preferință (ro)
• Russian: выбор (ru) m (výbor)
• Swedish: företräde (sv)
• Turkish: tercih (tr)

state of being preferred

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優先 (zh), 优先 (zh) (yōuxiān)

• Finnish: suosikkiasema, suosituimmuus
• Hebrew: העדפה f (Ha`adafá)
• Japanese: 優先 (ja) (yūsen)

• Portuguese: preferência (pt) f
• Romanian: `preferat m, preferată f
• Russian: предпочтение (ru) n (predpočténije), выбор (ru) m (výbor)
• Swedish: företräde (sv)
• Turkish: tercih (tr)

liking

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偏好 (zh) (piānhào), 喜愛, 喜爱 (zh) (xǐ'ài)

• Finnish: preferenssi, mieltymys
• Hebrew: העדפה f (Ha`adafá)
• Japanese: 好み (konomi)

• Portuguese: preferência (pt) f
• Russian: предпочтение (ru) n (predpočténije)
• Spanish: preferencia (es)
• Swedish: förkärlek (sv), preferens (sv)
• Telugu: అభిరుచి (te) (abhiruci)
• Turkish: tercih (tr)

bias

• Finnish: puolueellisuus (fi)
• Hebrew: העדפה f (Ha`adafá)
• Japanese: えこひいき (ekohīki)
• Portuguese: preferência (pt) f

• Russian: предпочтение (ru) n (predpočténije)
• Spanish: preferencia (es) f
• Swedish: förmånsrätt
• Turkish: tercih (tr)

card game — see preferans

Verb

preference (third-person singular simple present preferences, present participle preferencing, simple past and past participle preferenced)

1. (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.

See also

• preferences

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Czech

Noun

preference f

1. preference (selection of one thing or person over others)

   spotřebitelské preference

   volební preference

Derived terms

• preferenční

Related terms

• preferovat

See also

• upřednostnění

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Middle French

Noun

preference f (plural preferences)

1. preference (option preferred over another option)