prefer

Etymology
From, from , from. Displaced native and.

Verb

 * 1)  To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
 * 2)  To advance, promote (someone or something).
 * 3)  To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
 * 4)  To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend.
 * 1)  To advance, promote (someone or something).
 * 2)  To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
 * 3)  To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend.
 * 1)  To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
 * 2)  To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend.
 * 1)  To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
 * 2)  To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend.
 * 1)  To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
 * 2)  To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend.
 * 1)  To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend.
 * 1)  To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend.

Usage notes

 * The verb can be used in three different forms:
 * prefer + noun + to (or over) + noun. Example: I prefer coffee to tea.
 * prefer + gerund + to (or over) + gerund. Example: I prefer skiing to swimming.
 * prefer + full infinitive + rather than + bare infinitive. Example: I prefer to die honorably rather than live in shame. If the second verb is the same as the first, it can be elided: I prefer to eat fish rather than meat.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: فَضَّلَ, آثَرَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: üstün tutmaq, tərcih etmək
 * Basque: nahiago izan, nahitu
 * Belarusian: аддава́ць перева́гу, адда́ць перева́гу
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, estimar-se més
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 比較喜歡
 * Cornish: bos gwell gans
 * Czech:, dát přednost,
 * Danish: foretrække
 * Dutch: voorkeur geven, ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian: eelistama
 * Finnish: pitää parempana
 * French:
 * Georgian: მჯობინება, უპირატესობის მინიჭება
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: προτιμάω
 * Ancient: προτιμάω, προαιρέω, προκρίνω
 * Haitian Creole: pito
 * Hawaiian: makemake
 * Hebrew: הֶעֱדִיף
 * Hindi: पसंद करना
 * Hungarian: szívesebben (tesz), jobban szeret/tetszik,
 * Irish: is fearr le
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: …の方を好む, …の方が好きである
 * Khmer: ចូលចិត្ត
 * Korean: -더 좋아하다,
 * Lao:
 * Latin: addīcō, māvolō,, antehabeō
 * Lingala: pono, kopono
 * Macedonian: претпо́чита, префери́ра
 * Malay:
 * Manx: share lesh
 * Maori: mariu
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali: चुन्नु
 * Norman: préféther
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: foreberan, foresettan
 * Ottoman Turkish: بگنمك
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: allikachiy
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: föredraga,
 * Tagalog: mas gusto kumikiling
 * Thai: ชอบ ~ มากกว่า
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: віддава́ти перева́гу
 * Vietnamese: thích hơn
 * Welsh: bod yn well gan
 * Yiddish: פּרעפֿערירן

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to