noun
Meaning 1
plural of preference
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
preferences
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: P R EH1 F ER0 AH0 N S IH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P R EH1 F R AH0 N S IH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The user-specified settings of parameters in interactive computer software
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: profile
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
third-person singular simple present indicative of preference
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: ayar — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Czech: nastavení — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Dutch: voorkeuren — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Dutch: preferenties — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Finnish: asetukset — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- French: préférences — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- German: Einstellungen — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Hebrew: העדפות (haadafót) — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Hungarian: beállítások — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Indonesian: preferensi — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Japanese: 初期設定 (shokisettē) — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Polish: preferencje — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Portuguese: preferências — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Russian: настро́йки (nastrójki) — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Serbo-Croatian: postavke — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Swedish: inställningar — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Swedish: preferenser — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Turkish: ayar — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
- Ukrainian: налаштува́ння (nalaštuvánnja) — user-specified settings of parameters in computer software
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