adj
Meaning 1
favoured
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
preferred
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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Received-Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈfɜːd/
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General-American: /pɹɪˈfɝd/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d
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CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 F ER1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P R IH0 F ER1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 3: P R IY0 F ER1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Preferred stock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of prefer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of preferre
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
more desirable than another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- coffee is preferable to tea
- Danny's preferred name is `Dan'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: preferable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
preferred above all others and treated with partiality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the favored child
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferent
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: привилегирован (privilegirovan) — Translations
- Catalan: preferit — Translations
- Czech: preferovaný — Translations
- Czech: upřednostňovaný — Translations
- Danish: foretrukken — Translations
- Danish: foretrukket — Translations
- Esperanto: preferata — Translations
- Finnish: suositeltu — Translations
- Finnish: ensisijainen — Translations
- French: préféré — Translations
- German: bevorzugt — Translations
- Hungarian: preferált — Translations
- Hungarian: előnyben részesített — Translations
- Italian: preferito — Translations
- Japanese: 好きな — Translations
- Norwegian Bokmål: foretrukken — Translations
- Norwegian Bokmål: foretrukket — Translations
- Portuguese: preferido — Translations
- Russian: предпочита́емый (predpočitájemyj) — Translations
- Slovak: preferovaný — Translations
- Slovak: uprednostnený — Translations
- Slovak: uprednostňovaný — Translations
- Slovak: uprednostňovaná — Translations
- Slovak: uprednostňované — Translations
- Slovak: uprednostnená — Translations
- Slovak: uprednostnené — Translations
- Spanish: preferido — Translations
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