"preference" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/, /ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹɛns/ Audio: en-us-preference.ogg [US] Forms: preferences [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛfəɹəns Etymology: From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia. Doublet of preferans. Morphologically prefer + -ence. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{der|en|frm|preference}} Middle French preference, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|preferentia}} preferentia, {{doublet|en|preferans}} Doublet of preferans, {{suffix|en|prefer|ence|nocat=1}} prefer + -ence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} preference (countable and uncountable, plural preferences)
  1. The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of") Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (selection): προαίρεσις (proaíresis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), πρόκριμα (prókrima) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), перава́га (pjeraváha) [feminine] (Belarusian), вы́бар (výbar) [masculine] (Belarusian), предпочита́ние (predpočitánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), и́збор (ízbor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), preferència [feminine] (Catalan), 優選 (Chinese Mandarin), 优选 (yōuxuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 選擇 (Chinese Mandarin), 选择 (xuǎnzé) (Chinese Mandarin), valinta (Finnish), preferenssi (Finnish), préférence [feminine] (French), preferencia [feminine] (Galician), არჩევანი (arčevani) (Georgian), პრეფერენცია (ṗreperencia) (Georgian), მჯობინება (mǯobineba) (Georgian), უპირატესობის მინიჭება (uṗiraṭesobis minič̣eba) (Georgian), Vorliebe [feminine] (German), preferans (Haitian Creole), העדפה (ha'adafá) [feminine] (Hebrew), 選択 (sentaku) (alt: せんたく) (Japanese), қалау (qalau) (Kazakh), 선택 (seontaek) (alt: 選擇) (Korean), siłkidígíí (Navajo), Läne [neuter] (Plautdietsch), preferência [feminine] (Portuguese), preferință [feminine] (Romanian), вы́бор (výbor) [masculine] (Russian), префере́нция (preferéncija) [feminine] (Russian), предпочте́ние (predpočténije) [neuter] (Russian), preferencia [feminine] (Spanish), företräde (Swedish), preferens (Swedish), tercih (Turkish), перева́га (pereváha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ви́бір (výbir) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-preference-en-noun-YzapA3p0 Disambiguation of 'selection': 65 35 0 0 0
  2. The option to so select, and the one selected. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (option to select or selected): перава́га (pjeraváha) [feminine] (Belarusian), вы́бар (výbar) [masculine] (Belarusian), предпочита́ние (predpočitánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), preferència [feminine] (Catalan), prefero (Esperanto), valinta (Finnish), Vorliebe [feminine] (German), Bevorzugung [feminine] (German), הַעֲדָפָה (ha'adafá) [feminine] (Hebrew), ക്രമീകരണം (kramīkaraṇaṁ) (Malayalam), manakotanga (Maori), siłkidígíí (Navajo), preferencja [feminine] (Polish), preferência [feminine] (Portuguese), preferință (Romanian), вы́бор (výbor) [masculine] (Russian), префере́нция (preferéncija) [feminine] (Russian), предпочте́ние (predpočténije) [neuter] (Russian), företräde (Swedish), tercih (Turkish), перева́га (pereváha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ви́бір (výbir) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-preference-en-noun-lwOVyQXC Disambiguation of 'option to select or selected': 7 77 4 4 8
  3. The state of being preferred over others. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being preferred): voorkeur (Afrikaans), перава́га (pjeraváha) [feminine] (Belarusian), preferència [feminine] (Catalan), 優先 (Chinese Mandarin), 优先 (yōuxiān) (Chinese Mandarin), voorkeur (Dutch), veurkeur (Dutch Low Saxon), suosikkiasema (Finnish), suosituimmuus (Finnish), Bevorzugung [feminine] (German), Vorzug [masculine] (German), הַעֲדָפָה (ha'adafá) [feminine] (Hebrew), preferenza [feminine] (Italian), 優先 (yūsen) (alt: ゆうせん) (Japanese), 우선 (useon) (alt: 優先) (Korean), മുൻഗണന (muṉgaṇana) (Malayalam), manakotanga (Maori), mariutanga (Maori), preferência [feminine] (Portuguese), preferat [masculine] (Romanian), preferată [feminine] (Romanian), предпочте́ние (predpočténije) [neuter] (Russian), вы́бор (výbor) [masculine] (Russian), företräde (Swedish), tercih (Turkish), перева́га (pereváha) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-preference-en-noun-c267he~s Disambiguation of 'state of being preferred': 4 3 88 2 3
  4. A strong liking or personal valuation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (liking): перава́га (pjeraváha) [feminine] (Belarusian), 偏好 (piānhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 喜愛 (Chinese Mandarin), 喜爱 (xǐ'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), preferenssi (Finnish), mieltymys (Finnish), Vorliebe [feminine] (German), Bevorzugung [feminine] (German), הַעֲדָפָה (ha'adafá) [feminine] (Hebrew), 好み (konomi) (alt: このみ) (Japanese), preferência [feminine] (Portuguese), предпочте́ние (predpočténije) [neuter] (Russian), preferencia (Spanish), förkärlek (Swedish), preferens (Swedish), అభిరుచి (abhiruci) (Telugu), tercih (Turkish), перева́га (pereváha) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-preference-en-noun-bUtf0D8k Disambiguation of 'liking': 6 8 7 67 12
  5. A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (preferential bias): predilection Translations (bias): перава́га (pjeraváha) [feminine] (Belarusian), puolueellisuus (Finnish), הַעֲדָפָה (ha'adafá) [feminine] (Hebrew), 依怙贔屓 (ekohīki) (alt: えこひいき) (Japanese), preferencja [feminine] (Polish), preferência [feminine] (Portuguese), предпочте́ние (predpočténije) [neuter] (Russian), префере́нция (preferéncija) [feminine] (Russian), preferencia [feminine] (Spanish), förmånsrätt (Swedish), tercih (Turkish), перева́га (pereváha) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-preference-en-noun-9BKMvdaO Disambiguation of 'preferential bias': 3 5 3 3 86 Disambiguation of 'bias': 4 8 3 4 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forechoice, præference [archaic] Derived forms: affectional preference, preference cascade, preference share, preference stock, revealed preference, sexual preference, time preference
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} preference (uncountable)
  1. Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-preference-en-noun-5xJ91~vD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 4 24 2 15 45 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 5 21 2 14 44 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præference [archaic]
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/, /ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹɛns/ Audio: en-us-preference.ogg [US] Forms: preferences [present, singular, third-person], preferencing [participle, present], preferenced [participle, past], preferenced [past]
Rhymes: -ɛfəɹəns Etymology: From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia. Doublet of preferans. Morphologically prefer + -ence. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{der|en|frm|preference}} Middle French preference, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|preferentia}} preferentia, {{doublet|en|preferans}} Doublet of preferans, {{suffix|en|prefer|ence|nocat=1}} prefer + -ence Head templates: {{en-verb}} preference (third-person singular simple present preferences, present participle preferencing, simple past and past participle preferenced)
  1. (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to. Tags: US Related terms: preferences
    Sense id: en-preference-en-verb-kVf6t51J Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præference [archaic]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "sense": "selection",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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        {
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výbir",
          "sense": "selection",
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        {
          "text": "Can I keep my preferences when I upgrade to the new version of this application?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18",
          "text": "Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.",
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        "The option to so select, and the one selected."
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          "roman": "pjeraváha",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "перава́га"
        },
        {
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "výbar",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вы́бар"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predpočitánie",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "предпочита́ние"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "preferència"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "word": "valinta"
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          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
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          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הַעֲדָפָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
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          "sense": "option to select or selected",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
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          "word": "manakotanga"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
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          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "word": "siłkidígíí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "preferência"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
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        {
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          "roman": "výbor",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "option to select or selected",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
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          "sense": "option to select or selected",
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        {
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 77 4 4 8",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výbir",
          "sense": "option to select or selected",
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          ],
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        },
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          ],
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          "word": "優先"
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        {
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "sense": "state of being preferred",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
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        {
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          "sense": "state of being preferred",
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 88 2 3",
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          "word": "manakotanga"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 88 2 3",
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        {
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          ],
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        {
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        {
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          ],
          "word": "preferată"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "state of being preferred",
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "state of being preferred",
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          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "state of being preferred",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "6 8 7 67 12",
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          ],
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        },
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "liking",
          "word": "喜爱"
        },
        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 8 7 67 12",
          "code": "fi",
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        {
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "liking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "liking",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Bevorzugung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 8 7 67 12",
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          "roman": "ha'adafá",
          "sense": "liking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הַעֲדָפָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 8 7 67 12",
          "alt": "このみ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "konomi",
          "sense": "liking",
          "word": "好み"
        },
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          "sense": "liking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "preferência"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "liking",
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          ],
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        {
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          "_dis1": "4 8 3 4 81",
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          "sense": "bias",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 8 3 4 81",
          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "puolueellisuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 8 3 4 81",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ha'adafá",
          "sense": "bias",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הַעֲדָפָה"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 8 3 4 81",
          "alt": "えこひいき",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ekohīki",
          "sense": "bias",
          "word": "依怙贔屓"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "preferência"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 8 3 4 81",
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          "sense": "bias",
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          ],
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          "sense": "bias",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹɛns/"
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      "word": "preference stock"
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      "word": "forechoice"
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      "code": "be",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "be",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ],
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      ],
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "優選"
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      "word": "优选"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "選擇"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuǎnzé",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "选择"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "valinta"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "preferenssi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "gl",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "არჩევანი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "პრეფერენცია"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "მჯობინება"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uṗiraṭesobis minič̣eba",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "უპირატესობის მინიჭება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorliebe"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "grc",
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      "code": "ht",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "alt": "せんたく",
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      "roman": "qalau",
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      "alt": "選擇",
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      "word": "Läne"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "be",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "word": "prefero"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "valinta"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "ha'adafá",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הַעֲדָפָה"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kramīkaraṇaṁ",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "word": "ക്രമീകരണം"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "word": "manakotanga"
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "word": "siłkidígíí"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "preferencja"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "preferência"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "preferință"
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      ],
      "word": "вы́бор"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "префере́нция"
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "предпочте́ние"
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      "word": "tercih"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "перева́га"
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      "word": "ви́бір"
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      "code": "af",
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      "word": "voorkeur"
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      "code": "be",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "優先"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yōuxiān",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "优先"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "voorkeur"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "suosikkiasema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "suosituimmuus"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bevorzugung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorzug"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ha'adafá",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הַעֲדָפָה"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferenza"
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    {
      "alt": "ゆうせん",
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      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "優先"
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      "alt": "優先",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "useon",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "우선"
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      "code": "nds-nl",
      "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
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      "word": "veurkeur"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "muṉgaṇana",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "മുൻഗണന"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "manakotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "mariutanga"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "preferência"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "preferată"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "predpočténije",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предпочте́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výbor",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́бор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "företräde"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "word": "tercih"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereváha",
      "sense": "state of being preferred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перева́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjeraváha",
      "sense": "liking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перава́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "piānhào",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "偏好"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "喜愛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǐ'ài",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "喜爱"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "preferenssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "mieltymys"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "liking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorliebe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "liking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bevorzugung"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ha'adafá",
      "sense": "liking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הַעֲדָפָה"
    },
    {
      "alt": "このみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konomi",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "好み"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "liking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predpočténije",
      "sense": "liking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предпочте́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "preferencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "förkärlek"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "preferens"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "abhiruci",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "అభిరుచి"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "liking",
      "word": "tercih"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereváha",
      "sense": "liking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перева́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "bias",
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      ],
      "word": "перава́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "puolueellisuus"
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      "roman": "ha'adafá",
      "sense": "bias",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הַעֲדָפָה"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えこひいき",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ekohīki",
      "sense": "bias",
      "word": "依怙贔屓"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bias",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferencja"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bias",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "preferência"
    },
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      "roman": "preferéncija",
      "sense": "bias",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "префере́нция"
    },
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      "word": "preferencia"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "förmånsrätt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bias",
      "word": "tercih"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereváha",
      "sense": "bias",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "перева́га"
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}

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        "To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to."
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        "Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe."
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