prefer

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɹɪˈfɝ/

Verb

transitive dated obsolete

(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. / (transitive, now dated) To advance, promote (someone or something).

Japanese Meaning

～をより好む、選ぶ / (現代ではあまり使われない)～を昇進させる、前進させる

What is this buttons?

Many customers prefer organic products because they believe they are healthier.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

多くの顧客は、それらがより健康的だと信じているため、有機製品を選ぶ傾向がある。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.

I prefer tea to coffee.

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Details

Sense（2）

(transitive, now dated) To advance, promote (someone or something).

So ſhall you haue a ſhorter iourney to your deſires, by the meanes I ſhall then haue to preferre them. And the impediment moſt profitably remoued, without the which there were no expectation of our proſperitie.

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