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{
"word": "disprefer"
}
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰer-"
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"expansion": "Middle English preferren",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "xno",
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},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman preferer",
"name": "der"
},
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"args": {
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"2": "la",
"3": "praeferō"
},
"expansion": "Latin praeferō",
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"2": "foresettan"
},
"expansion": "Old English foresettan",
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},
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},
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English preferren, from Anglo-Norman preferer, from Latin praeferō. Displaced native Old English foresettan and foreberan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "prefers",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "preferring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "preferred",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "preferred",
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"past"
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"pos": "verb",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "preferendum"
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"word": "preferer preferrer"
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"word": "preferment"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "preferred creditor"
},
{
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"word": "preferred provider"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "preferred stock"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "preferred stockholder"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "unpreferred"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "prelate"
}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I prefer tea to coffee.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I'd prefer it if you didn't do it.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2019 February 26, James Graham, Adam Johnson, “The Return of the Inexplicable Republican Best Friend”, in FAIR.org",
"text": "You don’t attack politicians because you prefer them; you attack them because you’re scared of them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better."
],
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"links": [
[
"habit",
"habit"
],
[
"choosing",
"choosing"
],
[
"favor",
"favor"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "faḍḍala",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "فَضَّلَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔāṯara",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "آثَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "naxəntrel",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "նախընտրել"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "üstün tutmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "tərcih etmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "nahiago izan"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "nahitu"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "addavácʹ pjerjeváhu",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "аддава́ць перева́гу"
},
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"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "addácʹ pjerjeváhu",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "адда́ць перева́гу"
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"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predpočítam",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предпочи́там"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "preferir"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "estimar-se més"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "比較喜歡"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐjiào xǐhuan",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "比较喜欢"
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"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"note": "with subject and object reversed",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "bos gwell gans"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "upřednostňovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "dát přednost"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "preferovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "foretrække"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"roman": "aan",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "(de) voorkeur geven"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "verkiezen (boven)"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "prefereren"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "preferi"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "pliŝati"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "eelistama"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "pitää parempana"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "préférer"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mǯobineba",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "მჯობინება"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uṗiraṭesobis minič̣eba",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "უპირატესობის მინიჭება"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "vorziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "bevorzugen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "präferieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "protimáo",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "προτιμάω"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "protimáō",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "προτιμάω"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "proairéō",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "προαιρέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prokrínō",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "προκρίνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "pito"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "makemake"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "he'edíf",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "הֶעֱדִיף"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pasand karnā",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "पसंद करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "szívesebben (tesz)"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "jobban szeret/tetszik"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "előnyben részesít"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "with subject and object reversed",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "is fearr le"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "preferire"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "favorire"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"alt": "…のほうをこのむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...no hō o konomu",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "…の方を好む"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"alt": "…のほうがすきである",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "... no hō ga suki de aru",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "…の方が好きである"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "coul cət",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "ចូលចិត្ត"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-deo joahada",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "더 좋아하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonhohada",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "선호(選好)하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "addīcō"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "māvolō"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "mālō"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "antehabeō"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ln",
"lang": "Lingala",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "pono"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ln",
"lang": "Lingala",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "kopono"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pretpóčita",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "претпо́чита"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "preferíra",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "префери́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Manx",
"note": "with subject and object reversed",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "share lesh"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "mariu"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "erxemlex",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "эрхэмлэх"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "cunnu",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "चुन्नु"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "préféther"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "foretrekke"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "foreberan"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "foresettan"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "beğenmek",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "بگنمك"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tarjih dâdan",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "ترجیح دادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "woleć"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "preferir"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "allikachiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "prefera"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predpočitátʹ",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предпочита́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predpočéstʹ",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "предпоче́сть"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "preferirati"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "preferir"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "anteponer"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "föredraga"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "föredra"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "mas gusto kumikiling"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"alt": "chɔ̂ɔp ~ mâak-gwàa",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "ชอบ ~ มากกว่า"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "tercih etmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "viddaváty pereváhu",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "віддава́ти перева́гу"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "thích hơn"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"note": "with subject and object reversed",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "bod yn well gan"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 5 2 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "preferirn",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "פּרעפֿערירן"
}
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"ref": "1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, page 67",
"text": "[…] she was one of my Master’s Captives. For this Reason, I presume, it was, that she took so much Compassion upon me; considering herself a Slave in a strange Country, and only preferr’d to my Master’s Bed by Courtesy.",
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"To advance, promote (someone or something)."
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"(transitive, now dated) To advance, promote (someone or something)."
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"ref": "1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 137",
"text": "At length the Maroons, who were delighted to have him with them, became discontented with his absence, and for several years, during the sessions of the House of Assembly, preferred repeated complaints against him.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
"glosses": [
"To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in \"to prefer charges\")."
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"(transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in \"to prefer charges\")."
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"ref": "1630, John Smith, chapter 1, in The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, London: Thomas Slater, page 2",
"text": "one Master David Hume, who making some use of his purse, gave him Letters to his friends in Scotland to preferre him to King Iames.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to)."
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"code": "et",
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"word": "eelistama"
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"word": "pitää parempana"
},
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"word": "მჯობინება"
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{
"code": "he",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "előnyben részesít"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "with subject and object reversed",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "is fearr le"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "preferire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "favorire"
},
{
"alt": "…のほうをこのむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...no hō o konomu",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "…の方を好む"
},
{
"alt": "…のほうがすきである",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "... no hō ga suki de aru",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "…の方が好きである"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "coul cət",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "ចូលចិត្ត"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-deo joahada",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "더 좋아하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonhohada",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "선호(選好)하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "addīcō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "māvolō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "mālō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "antehabeō"
},
{
"code": "ln",
"lang": "Lingala",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "pono"
},
{
"code": "ln",
"lang": "Lingala",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "kopono"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pretpóčita",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "претпо́чита"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "preferíra",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "префери́ра"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Manx",
"note": "with subject and object reversed",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "share lesh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "mariu"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "erxemlex",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "эрхэмлэх"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "cunnu",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "चुन्नु"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "préféther"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "foretrekke"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "foreberan"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "foresettan"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "beğenmek",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "بگنمك"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tarjih dâdan",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "ترجیح دادن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "woleć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "preferir"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "allikachiy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "prefera"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predpočitátʹ",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предпочита́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predpočéstʹ",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "предпоче́сть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "preferirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "preferir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "anteponer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "föredraga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "föredra"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "mas gusto kumikiling"
},
{
"alt": "chɔ̂ɔp ~ mâak-gwàa",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "ชอบ ~ มากกว่า"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "tercih etmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "viddaváty pereváhu",
"sense": "to favor",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "віддава́ти перева́гу"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "thích hơn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"note": "with subject and object reversed",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "bod yn well gan"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "preferirn",
"sense": "to favor",
"word": "פּרעפֿערירן"
}
],
"word": "prefer"
}
{
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"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "prefer",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian non-lemma forms",
"Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Romanian verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "prefera"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of prefera"
],
"links": [
[
"prefera",
"prefera#Romanian"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[preˈfer]"
}
],
"word": "prefer"
}
{
"called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
"msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
"path": [
"prefer"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "prefer",
"trace": ""
}
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