prefer

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verb

1. like better;
value more highly (Freq. 22)
- Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels
- We prefer sleeping outside
• Derivationally related forms:
preference
• Hypernyms:
like
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s to somebody
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- They prefer him to write the letter
2. select as an alternative over another (Freq. 16)
- I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
- She opted for the job on the East coast
• Syn:
choose, opt
• Derivationally related forms:
optative (for: opt), option (for: opt), preferment, preference
• Hyponyms:
opt out, cop out
• Entailment:
compare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They prefer him to write the letter
3. promote over another (Freq. 1)
- he favors his second daughter
• Syn:
favor, favour
• Derivationally related forms:
favour (for: favour), favor (for: favor), preferment
• Hypernyms:
promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
• Hyponyms:
advantage
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. give preference to one creditor over another
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
pay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  favor, favour, choose, opt