Definitions for prefer

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prefer pre·fer

Spelling: [pri-fur]

IPA: /prɪˈfɜr/

Prefer is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in prefer (eefprr).

Definitions for prefer

verb (used with object)

1. to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than:
2. Law. to give priority, as to one creditor over another.
3. to put forward or present (a statement, suit, charge, etc.) for consideration or sanction.
4. to put forward or advance, as in rank or office; promote:

Origin of prefer

1350-1400; Middle English preferre Latin praeferre to bear before, set before, prefer, equivalent to prae- pre- + ferre to bear¹

Examples for prefer

You wadna have me to believe, Captain Smith, that the lady does not prefer you to him?

It is on Mr. Haley's account that I prefer to keep it secret.

Note: If you prefer cookies thin and crisp, bake them straight from the mixing bowl.

We prefer to wave away the warning signs; like The Interview, Mulholland Drive was comfortably downplayed as over-the-top satire.

Other things being equal, people of six prefer that man who is tallest.

Such messages are unlikely to be beloved of secularists who prefer to scoff at the religious rather than engage with them.

It may be that he can prefer thee to some post about the minster.

This final episode of Extras is the perfect Christmastime escape for those who prefer the bittersweet to the saccharine.

I prefer to sit with my hands folded and watch the rest of you work.

Both are offering original programing designed to be viewed however you prefer—one episode at a time or all at once.