"preference" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/, /ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹɛns/ Audio: en-us-preference.ogg 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, {{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), تَفْضِيل (tafḍīl) [masculine] (Arabic), أَفْضَلِيَّة (ʔafḍaliyya) (Arabic), նախապատվություն (naxapatvutʻyun) (Armenian), перава́га (pjeraváha) [feminine] (Belarusian), вы́бар (výbar) [masculine] (Belarusian), предпочита́ние (predpočitánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), и́збор (ízbor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), preferència [feminine] (Catalan), 優選 /优选 (yōuxuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 選擇 /选择 (xuǎnzé) (Chinese Mandarin), preference [feminine] (Czech), přednost [feminine] (Czech), præference [common-gender] (Danish), voorkeur [masculine] (Dutch), preferentie [feminine] (Dutch), eelistus (Estonian), 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), Präferenz [feminine] (German), Vorzug [masculine] (German), preferans (Haitian Creole), הַעֲדָפָה (ha'adafá) [feminine] (Hebrew), preferencia (Hungarian), تَرْجیح (tarjih) (Iranian Persian), تَفْضیل (tafzil) (Iranian Persian), preferenza [feminine] (Italian), 選択 (sentaku) (alt: せんたく) (Japanese), қалау (qalau) (Kazakh), 선택 (seontaek) (alt: 選擇) (Korean), priekšroka [feminine] (Latvian), preferencija [feminine] (Lithuanian), претпочитање (pretpočitanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), siłkidígíí (Navajo), preferanse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Läne [neuter] (Plautdietsch), preferencja [feminine] (Polish), preferência [feminine] (Portuguese), preferință [feminine] (Romanian), предпочте́ние (predpočténije) [neuter] (Russian), префере́нция (preferéncija) [feminine] (Russian), вы́бор (výbor) [masculine] (Russian), preferencia [feminine] (Slovak), prednosť [feminine] (Slovak), prednost [feminine] (Slovene), preferencia [feminine] (Spanish), företräde (Swedish), preferens (Swedish), тарҷех (tarjex) (Tajik), афзал (afzal) (Tajik), афзалият (afzaliyat) (Tajik), tercih (Turkish), перева́га (pereváha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ви́бір (výbir) [masculine] (Ukrainian), تَرْجِیح (tarjīh) [feminine] (Urdu), afzal koʻrish (Uzbek)
    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) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  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 /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)
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  4. A strong liking or personal valuation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (liking): перава́га (pjeraváha) [feminine] (Belarusian), 偏好 (piānhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 喜愛 /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 8 72 7
  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': 0 0 1 0 99 Disambiguation of 'bias': 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forechoice, præference [archaic] Derived forms: affectional preference, in preference to, 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
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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 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, {{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
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præference [archaic]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "výbar",
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          "word": "и́збор"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "selection",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yōuxuǎn",
          "sense": "selection",
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          "sense": "selection",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "selection",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "preferencia"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "arčevani",
          "sense": "selection",
          "word": "არჩევანი"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗreperencia",
          "sense": "selection",
          "word": "პრეფერენცია"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mǯobineba",
          "sense": "selection",
          "word": "მჯობინება"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uṗiraṭesobis minič̣eba",
          "sense": "selection",
          "word": "უპირატესობის მინიჭება"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "selection",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Vorliebe"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "selection",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Präferenz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 35 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "selection",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Vorzug"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 35 0 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "proaíresis",
          "sense": "selection",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "affectional preference"
    },
    {
      "word": "in preference to"
    },
    {
      "word": "preference cascade"
    },
    {
      "word": "preference share"
    },
    {
      "word": "preference stock"
    },
    {
      "word": "revealed preference"
    },
    {
      "word": "sexual preference"
    },
    {
      "word": "time preference"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰer-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "preference"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French preference",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "preferans"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of preferans",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prefer",
        "3": "ence",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "prefer + -ence",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia. Doublet of preferans.\nMorphologically prefer + -ence.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "preferences",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "preference (countable and uncountable, plural preferences)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He has a preference for crisp wines.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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\")"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "selection",
          "selection"
        ],
        [
          "adposition",
          "adposition"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The option to so select, and the one selected."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "option",
          "option"
        ],
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ],
        [
          "selected",
          "selected"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The state of being preferred over others."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preferred",
          "preferred"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A strong liking or personal valuation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "liking",
          "liking"
        ],
        [
          "valuation",
          "valuation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preferential",
          "preferential"
        ],
        [
          "bias",
          "bias"
        ],
        [
          "partiality",
          "partiality"
        ],
        [
          "discrimination",
          "discrimination"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹɛns/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-preference.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-preference.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛfəɹəns"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "forechoice"
    },
    {
      "sense": "preferential bias",
      "word": "predilection"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "præference"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tafḍīl",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَفْضِيل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔafḍaliyya",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "أَفْضَلِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "naxapatvutʻyun",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "նախապատվություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjeraváha",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перава́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výbar",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́бар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predpočitánie",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предпочита́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ízbor",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́збор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferència"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōuxuǎn",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "優選 /优选"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuǎnzé",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "選擇 /选择"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preference"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "přednost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "præference"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voorkeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferentie"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "eelistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "valinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "preferenssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "préférence"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "arčevani",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "არჩევანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗreperencia",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "პრეფერენცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mǯobineba",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "მჯობინება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uṗiraṭesobis minič̣eba",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "უპირატესობის მინიჭება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorliebe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Präferenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorzug"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "proaíresis",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "προαίρεσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prókrima",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πρόκριμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "preferans"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ha'adafá",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הַעֲדָפָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "preferencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferenza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんたく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sentaku",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "選択"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qalau",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "қалау"
    },
    {
      "alt": "選擇",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seontaek",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "선택"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "priekšroka"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferencija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pretpočitanje",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "претпочитање"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "siłkidígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "preferanse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "tarjih",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "تَرْجیح"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "tafzil",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "تَفْضیل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Läne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferencja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferință"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predpočténije",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предпочте́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preferéncija",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "префере́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výbor",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́бор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prednosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prednost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "företräde"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "preferens"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tarjex",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "тарҷех"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "afzal",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "афзал"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "afzaliyat",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "афзалият"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "tercih"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereváha",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перева́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výbir",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́бір"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "tarjīh",
      "sense": "selection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تَرْجِیح"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "selection",
      "word": "afzal koʻrish"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjeraváha",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перава́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výbar",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́бар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predpočitánie",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предпочита́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferència"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "word": "prefero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "word": "valinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorliebe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bevorzugung"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ha'adafá",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הַעֲדָפָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kramīkaraṇaṁ",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "word": "ക്രമീകരണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "word": "manakotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "word": "siłkidígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferencja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "word": "preferință"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výbor",
      "sense": "option to select or selected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́бор"
    },
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