preference
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See also: préférence
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- præference (archaic)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia. Doublet of preferans.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
preference (countable and uncountable, plural preferences)
- The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
- He has a preference for crisp wines.
- The option to so select, and the one selected.
- 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in 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?
- The state of being preferred over others.
- A strong liking or personal valuation.
- A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
Synonyms[edit]
- forechoice
- (preferential bias): see Thesaurus:predilection
Translations[edit]
selection
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option to select or selected
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state of being preferred
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liking
bias
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card game — see preferans
Verb[edit]
preference (third-person singular simple present preferences, present participle preferencing, simple past and past participle preferenced)
- (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
preference (uncountable)
- Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
preference f
- preference (selection of one thing or person over others)
- spotřebitelské preference ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- volební preference ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- See oferta
- preferovat
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- preference in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- preference in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
preference f (plural preferences)
- preference (option preferred over another option)
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