"preference" meaning in Anglais

See preference in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ˈpɹɛf.(ə.)ɹ(ə)ns\, \ˈpɹef.(ə.)ɹ(ə)ns\, ˈpɹɛf.ɹəns, ˈpɹɛf.ɹəns Audio: En-us-preference.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-preference.wav Forms: preferences [plural]
  1. Préférence.
    Sense id: fr-preference-en-noun-C4ANKHj4 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Pages liées à Wikisource en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inclination [figuratively] Related terms: prefer, preferred, favourite, favorite, favouritism, favoritism, special treatment

Inflected forms

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