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Meaning of prefer

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  prefer
      v 1: like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping
           to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
      2: select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the
         fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted
         for the job on the East coast" [syn: {choose}, {prefer},
         {opt}]
      3: promote over another; "he favors his second daughter" [syn:
         {prefer}, {favor}, {favour}]
      4: give preference to one creditor over another

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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